‘Hotter than July’ great album lol and I gather from the news on my Blackberry that August started off even hotter in the UK, sunny days and balmy nights? Perfect for the cigar smoker of course!
I’m still herfing my way round California which is nowhere near as hot as London but I’m not complaining as its in the low 80’s and blue skies every day.
Fortunately my hotel is very cigar friendly (or at least they tolerate me and cigar smoking chums and have done for the years and years I have been spending Summer here!) in fact I put on a small cigar dinner for friends at the hotel’s restaurant a few evenings ago and we smoked throughout the evening without anyone batting an eyelid. Very civilized.
I popped into Nazareth’s in Beverly Hills for a smoke and bumped into a few people that I know (I get recognized everywhere!!) Naz is the perfect host and always makes me feel very welcome. It’s the perfect spot to relax with a good cigar and espresso.
Took the train to San Diego to herf with friends for the day (thank you V.C.), Easy train ride from Union Station (quite beautiful station also used for a lot of movies) I was very impressed with the comfort and complimentary cinnamon rolls and soft drinks in Business Class till I realised I was booked in coach and moved on 🙂
I’ve been taking the opportunity of testing out some great cigars from the Vegas trade show. The new Alec Bradley Mundial is one that I am particularly fond of and I’ll be bringing a few of the popular sizes for the UK market into our humidors in a couple of months time. Exclusive to C.Gars Group of course.
Also planning some exclusives on new Torano cigars and looking forward to Davidoff Nicaraguan arriving.
Happy to report the release of the first limited edition Havana of this year this Monday. The Punch Serie D’Oro No. 2 measures in at 5 ½” length and 52 ring gauge. All tobacco aged for 2 years so we could well be in for a treat if it is anywhere as good as the UK regional (2008) Punch Serie D’Oro no. 1. I’m particularly fond of the UK regional as I loaned the only known surviving box of 1970’s Punch Serie D’Oro no. 1 to H&F/HAS to copy the box design.
Small initial allocations but hoping to have more soon.
Our Online Auction website is becoming more popular by the day. Check it out if you are looking for something aged, rare ,discontinued or unusual. New Lots are added every 2 or 3 days. We are still ironing out a few bugs but hope to start listing 100’s of Lots weekly very soon as we have quite a huge backlog of sellers Lots (over 1000 !) I am still getting loads of clients emailing to ask how the fees and shipping works which I am always happy to answer but I can tell you that the FAQs really does answer almost all potential questions.
Our Winter Auction event is now confirmed for the 19th November at the fabulous Boisdale Canary Wharf. My ‘cigar twin’ Ranald (we have the same birthday!) and I are planning an event that will be like none other… Watch this space as more details are to follow. Auction Lots will be on the Auction website approximately 5 weeks before the auction at Boisdale and we are expecting a great selection of aged, rare, limited edition and other fine, desirable Havana cigars.
Apologies to our Inka – Secret Blend fans, I know a few of our retail cigar shops are very low on stocks as is our mail order division but we do have the hugest import arriving in a few weeks time to try and cope with demand which continues to amaze us. I probably shouldn’t be surprised, it’s a great quality cigar, in popular sizes at a brilliant price point. 100% handmade and 100% Peruvian. Oh… And 100% exclusive to C.Gars Ltd and Robert Graham Ltd.
This week we will be offering our UK newsletter clients new pricing on Saint Luis Rey Serie A whilst stocks last. I dare not even mention the new price on my blog as I doubt we could handle the volume of orders we would receive! If you are not signed up to the newsletter you know what to do 🙂 I have always enjoyed the Saint Luis Rey brand as does my Father and did my Grandfather. Popular sizes with a good flavour and strength profile. Sort of a cross between a Romeo and a Punch would be my best description.
We recently ran a similar offer on Saint Luis Rey Regios which sold out in a day. No one could believe the price and wondered how we could do it? Well… That’s called buying power baby!!! And taking care of our clients with the most competitive prices and the best service in the UK. Hey we didn’t become the largest specialist cigar merchant in the UK for no reason 😉
OK that’s enough from me and I better head back to that deckchair by the pool where I have a Davidoff Puro D’Oro waiting for me
Have a great week
Peaceful puffing
Mitchell
