I was a bit sceptical about the Monte Open range when they were first shown to us in Havana back in February at the Festival as I couldn’t quite see the point in them but I have to say I am warming to them as are many of my clients who want to try something just a little bit different. I am particularly fond of the Junior and whilst not my normal vitola,these little smokes are perfect when short of time. Give them a try http://www.cgarsltd.co.uk/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=montecristo+open

I was hoping to start listing some new and rather splendid antiques on the site this week but we seem to have run out of time. I have some fabulous new cabinets that are sure to be snapped up fast. Hopefully will get them on next week

Took the Squeezy Jet to Scotland yesterday to visit my Robert Graham Whisky and cigar shops in Glasgow and Edinburgh http://www.whisky-cigars.co.uk/ and was delighted with the expanded range of cigars and scotch that they carry. I think our Glasgow store is the only place in Glasgow you can find a decent range of Havanas and I am fairly certain that our Edinburgh store is the only cigar store in Edinburgh with a walk in humidor. Weather was great so my partner Ron and I enjoyed smoking (exclusive to the UK of course) with a spot of lunch at Miro’s Cantina Mexicana at 184 Rose Street,well worth a visit.

I’m off to my cigar stores up North next week and looking forward to having a smoke with some of our regular clients, fortunately it’s still legal to sample cigars in our cigars stores

Mish will be making available a new temperature controlled humidor at a killer price in the next day or two which are a welcome gap to our range. At last, you won’t have to worry about the temperature of your humidor in summer! (that assumes we will have a summer in the UK!)

Peaceful puffing and best from London

Mitchell