Montecristo

In July 1935, Alonso Menéndez purchased the Particulares Factory, makers of the popular Particulares brand and the lesser-known Byron. Immediately after its acquisition, he created a new brand named Montecristo. The name for the brand was inspired by the Alexandre Dumas novel The Count of ...

Saturday 04 July, 2020

Brands

Dunhill Pipes – The Best High Grade Pipes Available

Alfred Dunhill was an English tobacconist, entrepreneur and inventor. He opened his first tobacconist store in London in 1907 where he offered a unique service blending tobacco specifically for each of his individual clients. His pipe range was originally sourced from independent pipe makers, but as...

Sunday 14 June, 2020

Pipes & Tobacco

Handmade and Unusual - Jemar Humidors

We are delighted to share with you a fantastic range of unique handmade humidors, made by Jemar. Jemar humidors are made by hand by specialist craftsmen using traditional techniques. They assemble, smooth and varnish by hand to a high standard.   Jemar humidors are entirely made of so...

Sunday 14 June, 2020

Humidors

Jose L Piedra

In 1880 Vicente and Jose Lamadrid Piedra created Jose L. Piedra as a commercial brand and, apart from a brief 6 year break in 1990, they are still creating some of the most popular Cuban cigars in the market. Jose L. Piedra tobacco is grown in the exclusive region of Vuelta Arriba, a region of Cu...

Thursday 07 May, 2020

Brands

Juan Lopez

One of the few Havana brands which is offered only in handmade styles, started in 1876 by Juan Lopez Diaz. The range of sizes is limited, but the workmanship is first-rate and the flavour is considered to be medium to strong, with light and almost aromatic overtones. A sampling of this cigar may dev...

Thursday 07 May, 2020

Brands

Why is Gin Suddenly so Popular?

Gin is the drink everyone is enjoying these days but why? Walking down the alcohol aisle of supermarkets there is all kinds of gin on the shelves with all kinds of flavours, it seems to be the new trend at the moment. People can’t get enough of the stuff! So what happened to make Gin the cool ...

Thursday 07 May, 2020

Alcohol Articles

Fonseca

Founder of Fonseca cigars Don Francisco E. Fonseca was born in Manzinillo,Cuba in 1868 and established a factory and his own cigar brand in Havana in 1892. He registered the brand bearing his name in 1907. Fonseca and his wife Teresa immigrated to New York and by 1903, Fonseca was operating a f...

Wednesday 06 May, 2020

Brands

Guantanamera

  Guantanamera cigars are a relatively new cigar having been created and released in 2002, this cigar is now one of our most popular budget priced Cuban cigars. The brand was named after perhaps Cubas' most well known song "Guajira Guantanamera" (Spanish for peasant girl fr...

Wednesday 06 May, 2020

Brands

H.Upmann

H. Upmann is the brand name of a premium cigar manufacturer. H. Upmann produce cigars in two regions, one being the island of Cuba where Habanos SA monopolise the tobacco industry (the Cuban state owned tobacco company) and the other region being La Romana in the Dominican Republic produced for the ...

Wednesday 06 May, 2020

Brands

Hoyo de Monterrey

Don Jose Gener emigrated to Cuba from Spain at the age of thirteen where he worked on his uncles plantation in Vuelta Abajo. 20 years later in 1865, after opening a successful factory in Havana, he purchased one of the best tobacco farms in Vuelta Abajo and registered his new cigar brand, Hoyo de Mo...

Wednesday 06 May, 2020

Brands

Gifts For Pipe Smokers

C.Gars has perfect gifts for many people, including those Pipe lovers out there.   A great gift for your pipe lover friends is this ceramic Savinelli Sidecar ashtray. Many forget about an ashtray when pipe smoking but this allows you to rest your pipe in a safe place. The cork in the cen...

Monday 04 May, 2020

Gift Ideas

Competition Entry - Caminetto New Deer 07/36 Fishtail Pipe Prize

Congratulations to Mr Brown! The proud owner of the beautiful Caminetto New Deer 07/36 Fishtail Pipe which was worth £329, we hope you enjoy your new pipe! If you would like to be a winner like Mr Brown all you have to do is enter one of our raffles for the chance to win. All raffles co...

Thursday 23 April, 2020

Raffle Winners

Competition Entry - Glendronach 21 Year Old Parliament 48% - 70cl Prize

Congratulations to Mr B.Ellis! The proud owner of the gorgeous Glendronach 21 Year Old Parliament worth £165. We hope you enjoy this amazing whisky! If you would like to be a winner like Mr Ellis all you have to do is enter one of our raffles for the chance to win. All raffles cost just...

Wednesday 15 April, 2020

Raffle Winners

Competition Entry - Stalla Dhu Cask Strength Truthbetold 22 - 54.4% 70cl Ltd Edition Prize

  Congratulations to Mr K.Nakajo ! The proud owner of the beautiful Stalla Dhu Cask Strength Truthbetold 22. We hope you enjoy this delicious prize! If you would like to be a winner like Mr Nakajo all you have to do is enter one of our raffles for the chance to win. All raffles cost j...

Wednesday 15 April, 2020

Raffle Winners

Cuaba

  Launched by Habanos president Franisco Linares on the 19th of November 1996 at Claridge’s hotel in London, Cuaba is an all-perfecto line of cigars aimed at reviving the figurados which has been very popular early on in the 20th century but had been in decline since the 1950s. ...

Thursday 09 April, 2020

Brands

Diplomaticos

  Known to cigar aficionados as a value Montecristo, Diplomaticos was the first new brand for Cuban cigars after the cigar revolution produced for public sale.  Diplomaticos was created in 1966 specifically aimed at the french market who wanted a cigar like a Montecristo but not ...

Thursday 09 April, 2020

Brands

El Rey del Mundo

  It is believed that El Rey del Mundo was created along with Sancho Panza by german businessman Emilio Ohmstedt in 1848. El Rey del Mundo was at one time the most expensive and prestigious cigar brand in the world, no wonder in Spanish El Rey del Mundo means King of the World. Around...

Thursday 09 April, 2020

Brands

Why We Love Pipe Tobacco Samplers

Whether you’re a new pipe smoker or an experienced puffer on the hunt for something new, the range of pipe tobacco is simply mindboggling with hundreds of different tobaccos available. That’s why pipe tobacco samplers are such a handy idea; rather than committing to a full 50g tin or pou...

Thursday 09 April, 2020

Pipes & Tobacco

Bolivar

The Bolivar brand was founded surprisingly in Britain in 1901 by Jose F. Rocha although the brand was not registered in Havana until 1921 by Rochas’s firm J.F. Rocha y Cia. The name Bolivar comes from the famous South-American revolutionary, Simon Bolivar, who liberated countries such as Venez...

Tuesday 07 April, 2020

Brands

Cohiba

  The history of Cohiba is short and sweet, in the 1960s a bodyguard of Fidel Castro was smoking a cigar which caught the attention of Castro. The bodyguard let Castro try one of his cigars and instantly fell in love with them, so Castro found Eduardo Ribera, the man who made them, set u...

Tuesday 07 April, 2020

Brands

Why Buying Miniatures Could Be Worth It

A lot of people (myself included) have always wanted to get into whisky drinking but can't bear to spend that kind of money on a drink that you may not like. I’ve always had sips of other people’s whisky and found out that i didn't like it but i never let it put me off, after all...

Tuesday 07 April, 2020

Alcohol Articles

Cask Strength Whisky

I’d say this is a great time to be thinking about cask strength whisky. If you are not familiar with them, that’s ok, we’re always here to help.  For the most part it is self explanatory. Whether it be a single cask bottling or a vatting of many casks, the alcohol percentag...

Monday 06 April, 2020

Alcohol Articles

Dunnet Bay Distillers

One of our favourite gin distilleries is all the way at the top of Scotland. Dunnet Bay Distillers, who creates the absolutely delicious Rock Rose Gin, is located in the village of Dunnet and is only three miles from the most northerly point in mainland Britain. This is a beautiful and wild landscap...

Monday 06 April, 2020

Alcohol Articles

Georgina's trip to the Dominican Republic

I was recently lucky enough to get the opportunity to go to the Dominican Republic with Davidoff on their annual Viaje al Orign trip, the trip is an amazing chance to get a real, personal insight into the hard work which goes into each and every Davidoff cigar. The aim of this trip is to add a more ...

Tuesday 24 March, 2020

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