9 Dec
It’s cold, windy, lots of snow, a dark & dead German Sunday – what better moment to sit down to write down and select the pics for these sunny memories. I wholly agree with a Finnish friend’s comment on her FB page : Many people love snow. I find it an unnecessary freezing of Read more…
9 Dec
We left Havana early morning, but not before the Australian team stocked up on enough wine to keep us supplied for a week. The drive was long, it took us almost 4 hrs with just a break for beer before reaching Pinar del Rio and then from there a long and winding beautiful mountain Read more…
1 Dec
Back in Havana from a trip to the Vuelta Abajo with Toby, Jose Antonio, Renzo and a group of US friends of Toby. Spent a glorious half day at Hector Luis’ Vega, smoking the very best Cuban tobacco expertly rolled on site by his Tabaquero Miguel and enjoying a first class long Cuban lunch of Read more…
9 Nov
Back in Havana from a trip to the Vuelta Abajo with Toby, Jose Antonio, Renzo and a group of US friends of Toby. Spent a glorious half day at Hector Luis’ Vega, smoking the very best Cuban tobacco expertly rolled on site by his Tabaquero Miguel and enjoying a first class long Cuban lunch of Read more…
11 Apr
The Louis XIII Tasting in Havana With Organizer Toby, center, and Jimmy Ng from Singapore April 2012 A tasting sponsored by Remy Martin and organized by Toby Brocklehurst of InCloud9, a Havana based British friend whose travel agency specializes in exclusive arrangements on the island. Remy Martin sent two fantastic “Ambassadeurs” in Anne-Laure and Alexandre, Read more…
30 Nov
Havana Oct. 2011 – Melia Cohiba Nov. 2011 This dinner is organized by the Club Amigos Melia Cohiba and was held previously every last Thursday of the month. It will be launched officially from December 2011 on every last Wednesday of the month. Dr Luis Sorinas who would give a chat about cigars, food Read more…
29 Nov
La Corona Nov. 2011 All cigar factories were/are closed to visitors, so it was even more enjoyable to be able to visit some of the best, La Corona and El Laguito. See James Suckling’s take on factory visits being discontinued : www.jamessuckling.com/my-blog-visits-to-cigar-factories-over.html Here some impressions of our visit to La Corona, where I met Read more…
