Auction Countdown!

Just over a week to go before the C.Gars Ltd Summer Auction event which all of my Sales team are looking forward to immensely. Pre herfing at the lovely Ten Manchester street on Sunday 1st July and main event at the fabulous Boisdale in Canary Wharf 🙂

Details on our next vintage CGARS AUCTION here
Link to our Online Auction catalogue PDF file
Event details here

Some splendid late entries are finally listed and both evenings are more or less sold out now. May just be able to squish in another ticket or two but you will need to book fast.

A great opportunity to bid for some superb vintage cigars and of course you may just bag a bargain.

If you like your cigars with decorative bands and in the beautiful boxes they come packages in, I strongly suggest you check out this link and Join the campaign saying no to “plain” packaging for cigars and pipe tobacco! You only have till the 10th of July so please make your opinion count by registering your opposition to this ridiculous proposal.

Personally I have no problem with any legislation regarding cigarettes and plain packaging as we are of course specialist cigar merchants but let’s be honest – cigars are quite simply a different product. I mean lets be serious, you don’t find 13 year old school children planning to sneak off for a crafty Montecristo no.2 behind the bike sheds!! It’s just pathetic so make your voice heard sooner rather than when it’s too late.

We are expanding our range of C.Gars Seleccion and Orchant Seleccion cigars over the coming months and have created a new section on our website here.

This week we introduced our own exclusive blend, long filler, handmade Nicaraguan cigars made by ‘Torano.’

They have only been out a couple of days and we have already received huge amounts of orders. A first rate cigar at a very reasonable introductory price. Next week we will be adding another new cigar to the range, the likes of which has never been sold in the UK before.

The cigars that I select are the best expressions of the region and the size in my opinion – I should know, I spend many days and sometimes weeks testing different blends and vitolas until I settle on the perfect, balanced blend for the size and shape of the cigars that I wish to offer to my clients. To the best of my knowledge no other cigar merchant in the UK has anything close.

It’s the end of an era for me and C.Gars Ltd as our Hunters & Frankau representative and friend Ken Brealey has retired. I have known Ken since 1993 and he has been instrumental in helping us grow C.Gars Ltd to the largest specialist Havana cigar merchant in the UK. Ken popped into the office this week for a smoke or two and I’m looking forward to seeing him in a few weeks’ time at the Nottingham cigar dinner at Harts Hotel. All of my Team wish Ken many happy years enjoying his retirement.

Its more or less end game for Bolivar Britanicas, another magnificent UK regional edition. A beautiful cigar with a perfectly balanced and complex blend. Stash them in the humidor whilst you can!

On a non-cigar related theme, ‘When I were a lad(!)’ my favourite group were Dire Straits, absolutely loved them and saw them in concert many times. So it was a pleasure to be invited to a concert at the Shepherds Bush Empire last night where ‘The Straits ‘ performed. The band comprises of some of the former members of Dire Straits and they were absolutely fantastic. What made the evening more special was that it was a charity evening for The Sarah Greene Breakthrough Tribute Fund. If you are a Dire Straits fan – checkout The Straits website.

Have a smokey weekend,

Peaceful puffing,

Mitchell

2 Comments Auction Countdown!

  1. Chris Allen

    Awesome! I purchased a C.Gars Ltd Nicaraguan Selection Robusto and I look forward to trying it tonight. The thought of a new cigar never seen in the UK is very exciting too. I look forward to the announcement!
    Hopefully I can nab a box of Bolivar Britanicas before they run out totally!

    Chris

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