Flying Cigar – A Cigar Travel Blog

  The shock came the day before the joy of picking up the Ramon Allones Perfectos humidor – the Swiss Franc had become 20% more expensive. Which means also a shock to my friend Urs and his cigar business. From 1,65 CHF when shopping in Switzerland was still attractive to 1,20 CHF when it became Read more…

Just received this update by my friend Gino Mr Japan who is currently enjoying a few days with the author in Hong Kong : I am in Hong Kong and I like to share some important news about the second edition of the Encyclopaedia. The delay is due to several factors that the author did Read more…

At this year’s Habano Festival the long overdue prize of Habano Man was awarded to Urs Portmann and he celebrated by the shore of Lake Constance with his family and a large group of friends and customers. In business now for well over 40 years and having stores in Kreuzlingen, St Gallen and Vaduz, the Read more…

  I have been involved in the making of and posting about the upcoming II Edition of the “Cigar Bible” for many years now due to my friendship with the Hong Kong author and collector. So I’d like to post very exclusive photographs and information on the finished oeuvre, courtesy of and with full approval Read more…

I received this final update on the II Edition yesterday from Hong Kong. It is posted here with the explicit permission of Mr Min Ron Nee to further elaborate on the progress of the II Edition and provide details of its production.   Hello Nino, the new MRN book will be over double the size Read more…

  After reading comments about my post on the second edition in boards, I’d like to set a few things straight and offer some “reading advice” to the, few cigar smokers commenting, or rather whining, on two issues. While most of the comments have been supportive and positive of the hard labour and arduous tenacity Read more…

  Hong Kong, December 2012. Sitting in the morning breeze by the pool bar here in Shatin, smoking my morning cigar and looking forward to another glorious day of new and old experiences in this most dynamic and vibrating city, I reflect on my impressions since I arrived here, only a week ago, but an Read more…