2012/04 – Cuba – Fox Bros. Partagas 1972 Tasting

2 Apr

  Partagas 109 Seleccion Fox Nr 1 Knappogue Castle Single Malt Whiskey Havana, 28 Febr. 2012 Sponsored and organized by the Fox Brothers, Rob and Stuart, renowned cigar merchants in Dublin and London : www.jjfox.co.uk/blog/ www.jamesfox.ie/page.html?id=2&zenid=n59vdves3n6t2t5skqcejgnr06 and “instigators” of the now classic baseball match Cuban rollers vs International Cigar Nuts. This video shows the fun that was had Read more…

2012/03 – Cuba 2012 – Casa Particular Emilio in Old Havana

27 Mar

  Salon Casa Particular Emilio in Old Havana Roof terrace March 2012 I stayed in several new Casas Particulares while on my last trip and there will be some pictures of them later on my reports. Here’s a Casa Particular in Old Havana that I visited as it was recommended by a friend. I didn’t Read more…

2012/03 – Cuba 2012 – Renzo, Pasta And Tarara Beach

19 Mar

  Tarara Beach Renzo cooking after a beach day The Beach Crew March 2012 To be in Cuba for weeks drinking rum and smoking cigars is fortunate enough. To meet, make friends and share house, time, dinners and a beach with an Italian retiree Hotel owner, passionate chef and 17 yr Cuba veteran is hitting Read more…

2012/03 – Cuba 2012 Introduction Gallery – Part Two

18 Mar

  Playa Larga El Laguito Some pictures from the second half of my trip – Playa Larga, Guama, Caleta Buena, Australia and back to Havana. Nino Good times with Homero Guama Croc farm A drink and a cigar with the Crocs and Homero & Enrique Nurse Laudi at Playa Larga Clinic cleaning the Havana scratches Quiet Read more…

2012/03 – Cuba 2012 Introduction Gallery – Part One

17 Mar

  Tarara Beach – Havana Dinner at El Templete with Anne, Jimmy, Urs & Marc Portmann and Hans Weiss Jimmy opening a Louis XIII Remy Martin decanter with Anne-Laurie at Le Chansonnier – Havana I am back from almost 4 weeks in Cuba again – a trip that was all I wanted it to be. A Read more…

2012/02 – Off to Cuba … again

15 Feb

  There’s peace in a cigar If I had known about the cold wave that has hit us for weeks with freezing temps of down to minus 18, I’d have booked the flight earlier …. I’ll be back in Cuba for a few weeks of sun, rum and cigars. Meeting good friends, both Cubans and Read more…

2012/02 – Partagas Replica Jar

29 Jan

  Fine jar   Jan. 2012 One of the reasons I am flying back to Cuba in a few weeks again is to pick up a beautiful Partagas replica jar with my name on it that I ordered last November in Havana. Made by Ramon Iglesias of Creaciones San Ramon, these jars were touted all Read more…