Flying Cigar – A Cigar Travel Blog

David and I had agreed on Santy’s as one of the best places in Havana for fresh seafood – if not the best, so what better idea than to pair it with some good Riesling, my friend Jan and good Cuban friends. I brought some bottles from my local winemaker Weinmann and David brought Inniskillin Read more…

Another great trip highlight was the visit to Humidores Habana and meeting up with Jose Ernesto, Pablo and all the good staff there. Jose Ernesto and Pablo took a few hours showing us around and explaining the progress to David and Jan – a progress that became more evident and could be strongly felt after Read more…

During this trip we had the chance to visit La Corona factory and given the opportunity to have an hour long exchange with many interesting facts and background with Osmar, the former director of this factory who is preparing himself for a job rotation where he will be the HSA representative in Germany. I believe Read more…

It was a daily routine/ritual that I am happy we all enjoyed – a morning cigar and possibly the best cafecito in town at the Partagas VIP smoking lounge. Grecia, Odalys, Heriberto, La China and all staff would be very welcoming and we would plan the day’s activities over a good cigar. The lounge was Read more…

21 days and countless fine cigars, meals and rums later I look back and all I can say is : What a great trip ! From scorching heat and blue skies to endless rainshowers and humidity, from lonely beaches and tobacco farms to crowded old Havana, from tourist spots to Cuban family life – the Read more…

It is a sign of the changes to come in an evolving political and commercial process that people from the non-Cuban cigar industry start flocking to Cuba. And what better opportunity to see the Cuban cigar scene than being in Havana during the Festival. Keith had suggested we meet at the Nacional’s historical bar for Read more…

Might be because I am an Aquarian, but I love seafood in all forms and I am particularly fond of octopus, so where better to find it than in Cuba where it has transformed into a signature starter in most restaurants if available. I still fondly remember the first and by far best octopus experience Read more…