{"id":13160,"date":"2015-09-29T18:12:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T16:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/?p=13160"},"modified":"2015-09-29T18:13:33","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T16:13:33","slug":"humidores-habana-artists-creating-masterpieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/startseite\/humidores-habana-artists-creating-masterpieces\/","title":{"rendered":"Humidores Habana \u2013 Artists Creating Masterpieces"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nOne of the reasons for my visit to Havana was to have the lids of my Ramon Allones humidor repaired from some very small imperfections and while I was there also to check on the progress of two new humidors that Frank and I have commissioned.<\/p>\n

After Pablo picked up the lids the first day, I visited the ever-growing workshop later that week.<\/p>\n

What an impressive difference to just a few years back and incredible when you have followed the progress over the last 10 years from the basement intestines to the new premises ( the renovated ex-boiler room of a state run laundry across the old soviet style apartment building where the goldsmith and decoration work is still performed ).<\/p>\n

Pablo gave my newbie friend Alex and me a 2 hour tour explaining all steps of the manufacturing of their masterpieces.<\/p>\n

From the warehouse where the aged, mostly 80 to 100 years old, wood that they collect from old houses is stored to the painting, carving and Quality control rooms.<\/p>\n

The corpus of our new humidor is ready and once we pass on the details of the cover it will be lovingly and carefully manufactured.<\/p>\n

The Ramon Allones lids were equally carefully repaired, replacing the entire d\u00e9cor even though the cause was a small imperfection.<\/p>\n

Then we went on to see the most impressive masterpiece \u2013 an almost 2 metre high perfect replica of the Bacardi Building that can hold up to a thousand cigars and some bottles for a large cigar party.<\/p>\n

Impressive is too small a word for this piece. Overwhelming is more like it.<\/p>\n

From the smallest details like the roof tiles to the Art Deco fa\u00e7ade of the building, all is perfect and life-like.<\/p>\n

No wonder the grandson of Bacardi was extremely touched to see this piece of art.<\/p>\n

I am extremely happy and grateful to Jose Ernesto Aguilera, Pablo, Alex and the entire team for their professionalism and passion.<\/p>\n

Nino<\/strong><\/p>\n

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