5 May
Part Three and Final The fifth day was a very relaxed one. It started with a leisure breakfast and was followed by a long and relaxing pool time. We were picked up in the afternoon by MRN’s driver and had a late lunch in his home accompanied by a Magnum of 1996 Dom Ruinart Blanc Read more…
3 May
Part Two The third day in Hong Kong started with Frank giving me a wake up call when I could have slept on for another few hours. But we had arranged for mutual wake up calls so as to enjoy the most out of the day and we met by the pool for a light Read more…
1 May
Part One What started as the “European Cigar Tour” in early April travelling to Leipzig, Lommel, Amsterdam and Antwerp with my buddy Frank, became an Asian cigar tour as we travelled to Hong Kong for a full week to visit my ( and now our ) friend Min Ron Nee. Having taken Frank along a Read more…
28 Mar
Always a pleasure to meet my old friend Ziqui, a Chinese businessman residing for more than a decade in Havana and to share his passion for cigars and having a few hours of good conversation. We have met both in Havana and in Beijing and share some funny adventures and good times over the last Read more…
16 Mar
There was a very keen interest in participating in this very exclusive smoking of two pristine rare boxes from the collection of famed Hong Kong collector and author Min Ron Nee in Havana. Fortunately I had brought an extra 15 rare vintage sticks which I would put to good use sharing them in Cuba with Read more…
12 Mar
It’s been five days since I arrived back home from yet another Havana – Festival Del Habano trip and as always I’ve had to air my lungs and cure the usual stubborn cough and running nose souvenir – funny how everybody gets a cold in Havana …. Before I start posting in detail on Read more…
15 Feb
Last December, Min Ron Nee, the author and collector from Hong Kong, was so kind as to send me a selection of rare vintage cigars for a tasting with friends. These cigars are : 1950’s C.E. Beck Albas, 1950’s Maria Guerrero Favoritas en Cedro, 1960’s Partagas Seleccion de Luxe cabinet made for UK merchant Read more…
