Tag Archives: Portmann

Pecunia Non Olet – Cafe Laurent & Ivan Justo

21 Dec

  A tale of two paladares in Havana. I was searching for a new place to host the Portmann dinner in February. My first idea was to leave it at Ivan Justo as the place is spectacular in every sense, the food, the ambience, the service, the experience. But having a few of our band Read more…

Urs Portmann 2014 Habano Man Gala Dinner

4 Jun

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…

XVI Festival Del Habano – Welcome Night And Gala Dinner

5 Apr

  Here’s the view on official events from two members of the Portmann group, Horst and Christof. Both of them very professional photographers and always good for a laugh and any fun event. It is thanks to them that I have a good pictorial archive of the trip and all the official events that they Read more…

Guess The Car Model – Win A Cigar / Final Update

29 Sep

Yesterday on a German Autobahn on the ride back from our Portmann cigar week-end in Switzerland. Two identical black camouflaged monsters followed by a support car were test driving on a no speed limit stretch of black top. They passed us, we passed them ( driving an AMG Mercedes ), they passed us again and Read more…

Cueto Custom Rolled Cigars For Dinner

26 Sep

  My overnight bag is packed. We, Frank, Jos and I are off to Switzerland tomorrow for a reunion with our friend Wolfgang who shared the Festival in Havana this year with the Portmann group and a visit to our friend Mr Portmann and his sons. Dinner will be a classy affair in St. Gallen Read more…

2012/07 – Legends & Mountains – Portmann & Friends

3 Jul

Urs Portmann Portmann Tabak Kreuzlingen With Urs at Waaghaus   July 2012 A few days in northern Switzerland invited by Mr Urs Portmann to join a gathering of fine cigar smokers and clients for an event organized by him and the adjoining Griffin’s Business Lounge in Kreuzlingen. www.portmanntabak.ch/ www.griffinsbusinesslounge.ch/ The event itself was held at Read more…

2010/05 – Cigars, Jars and Zeppelin at the Lake

11 May

  Zeppelin over Lake Constance Honest smile – Perfect service – Great Jars Perfect weather for a good cigar May 2010 I had to pick up some bundles of custom rolled cigars that had been lying around in storage since our return from the Festival  and there were the 40-th Anniversary Portmann Robusto Jars on the Read more…