What a delightful surprise! We finally received the 2012 UK regional edition Ramon Allones Petit Belicosos last Monday just when I was started to worry that they would never arrive!… And another smashing cigar blend for the UK market.

Full and very typical Ramon flavours with medium to full strength, a complex and smooth smoke reminiscent of the first regional edition ever produced for the world in 2004 the fabulous Ramon Allones Belicosos UK regional edition.

Colorado maduro smooth and vein free wrapper, cool and easy draw, sweetness from the first puff to the last leaving you longing for another one. Only 5000 numbered boxes that are selling like maaaaaaaaddddddddd!!!!! Try a single or a box or lay down some stock but I can tell you these cigars will age and improve for many years.

Had a couple of days off at the start of the week and blasted through half a box of Punch Serie D’Oro no.1 1008 regional edition. Well, I loved this cigar when it first came out (after all – I did lend the original 1970’s full box to Habanos SA to replicate!) but I love them even more now as they have developed into a cigar for the connoisseur. Deep and complex, full flavour and full strength. These fabulous piramides will continue to develop and become a classic over the next 20 years. We have just released a further 20 boxes from our Directors Reserve to give you another opportunity to smoke or stash!

Great new sampler of the 2012 releases here, all first rate smokes that are sure to please.

6 weeks to go before the next Vintage Cigar Auction at Boisdale. Event details should be on the website fairly soon so you can book tickets to the pre-auction herf as well as the auction event. We’ll be smoking some great UK regionals, drinking some fabulous scotch and enjoying canapés from the lovely Ten Manchester street and Boisdale Canary Wharf. Be sure to book tickets early to avoid disappointment as our events sell out fast!

We expect to have some splendid limited edition cigars, Davidoff’s, mature and vintage cigars as well as pre-Embargo’s as usual… and we expect to have a great few days of herfing!

Spent the day at our fabulous La Casa del Habano in Hamburg which has just been awarded The Best cigar shop in Germany award from Cigar Clan magazine. My partner Christoph Wolters and I smoked our way through a load of German regional editions including the amazing Bolivar 5^th Avenida and Juan Lopez Distinguidos. These regional editions were presented in the most superb jars and only 600 of each were made. If you are visiting Hamburg… The only cigar shop to herf in is ours 🙂

Sorry, sorry, sorry to all of our clients who are desperate for more of our Inka Secret Blend cigars. I have never had so much interest in a new cigar line in my entire career! Thanks for your patience – they will finally be arriving on our shelves within the week including some additions to the range 🙂

Finally the Empire continues to grow as we have now acquired fabulous new premises in the heart of Cambridge. We expect to open our new Robert Graham Cigar and Whisky shop late November and will have two huge walk in humidors- One with the largest selection of singles in the UK and the other with a humungous range of full boxes/cabinets/jars/limited editions. Our Cambridge shop will also have a very comfortable cigar sampling lounge and client lockers. We will have a massive range of our award winning Independent bottles Robert Graham single malt whisky and other fina libations 🙂 More news over the coming weeks.

Have a smokey weekend

Peaceful puffing

Mitchell