Greetings from rainy London…

Happy to say the weather was far better in New York (sunny and 30c!) where I herfed with friends last week and continued the 25^th Anniversary of C.Gars celebrations.

My Rat Pack herfing crew spent long evenings herfing at Carnegie and it was delightful to receive such a warm welcome from the boys at Davidoff on 6^th Avenue.

The final and main event was held at the magnificent Liberty Warehouse overlooking the Statue of Liberty. We enjoyed a decadent evening which included splendid Oliva Melanio cigars (Thanks to Brian Shapiro and Oliva cigars for all of their support) Stalla Dhu single malt whisky, Foragers gins, delicious food and an amazing live music from the Cuban band. Thanks to all the boys that traveled over from the event from as far as California, Chicago and Texas.

My thanks to my dear friend Jeff Torem for putting together such a wonderful event. It was so good to catch up with so many friends after the long Covid break which upset our regular herfing routine. We used to get together at least 3 times a year before Covid so it was good to get back to some normality finally.

We have some availability of our splendid 25^th Anniversary humidors containing a delicious selection of our finest cigars as well as a very special bottle of single malt whisky.

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On a sad note Michelle and I have just been to the funeral of John Darnton. John was an industry legend. He was Sales Director of Hunters and Frankau for many years and one of the founders and owners of Regius cigars. I visited Cuba many times with John Darnton and Simon Chase and we always enjoyed the best of times at the H&F table at the Gala dinner events. He was a mentor to me in my early years in the cigar business and will be sorely missed. Our sincere condolences to the family.

Havana cigar supply remains patchy with many lines unavailable though we still have a very good overall range available and continue to release the more rare Cohiba cigars every week albeit in small quantity. We do expect some new cigar release including the U.K. Regional Ramon Allones in the near future.

My schedule is busier than ever with cigar events at the RAC Club, lunch with our neighbours the Sahakian’s of Davidoff London, lunch with Ranald from Boisdale and many client meetings at C.Gars St James’s over the next week. Looking forward to some great cigars in the best of company!

We finally have a new Prime Minister and wish her the best of luck in these challenging times. Hopefully the Government will leave us long suffering cigar smokers alone…

Have a smokey week

Peaceful puffing

Mitchell