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September 18th, 2011

Ché do Bheatha! Cuban cultural festival in the west of Ireland

What is the connection between Ché Guevarra and Kilkee, a small coastal town in County Clare on the west of Ireland?
In 1961, during Ché’s visit to Ireland, Jim Fitzpatrick, an Irish artist, met Ché in the bar of the Marine Hotel of Kilkee. It was then that Jim created the renowned  image of Ché which was [...]

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March 2nd, 2011

A visit in El Laguito

We are all back after a fantastic week in Havana. Readjusting to the Irish climate is not easy, and my first cigar back at home tastes like muck!
One of the great days in Havana was the one we spent in El Laguito. Thursday February 24th was the day of the official factory tour. While the [...]

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February 16th, 2011

XIII Habanos Festival, February 21st - 25th 2011

The 13th Habanos Festival is only days away. Like every February, Havana will be the stage of the world’s largest gathering of Cuban cigar lovers. The festival will begin on Monday February 21st with the opening night and will commence on Friday February 25th with the Gala Dinner. The festival will give the participants a [...]

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December 6th, 2010

XIII Habanos Festival, February 21st - 25th 2011

Like every February, Havana will become the stage of the world’s largest cigar gathering. The 13th Habanos festival will be taking place between February 21st and 25th 2011. Like every year, the festival will give the participants a chance to experience first hand the whole process of making a Habanos cigar, as well as a [...]

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October 13th, 2010

Learning to roll a cigar with Hamlet

During his visit in Dublin, we got a chance to meet Hamlet, in an event hosted in JJ Fox. During the event, I got the chance to get a hands on tutorial on how to roll a cigar. The result was not very pretty, but I thoroughly enjoyed the process.

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September 22nd, 2010

Hamlet rolling cigars in James Fox

Good news! Cuban master roller, senor Jaime “Hamlet” Paredes, will be visiting Dublin for a couple of days during his UK trip.
For those who haven’t heard of him before, Hamlet is a 9th grade cigar roller, the highest grade a roller can achieve in Cuba, and he is considered one of the top three Cuban [...]

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January 26th, 2010

Rolling with Alberto and Bertha

Pictures of our Rolling lesson with Bertha and Alberto in JJ Fox!

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December 2nd, 2009

Live cigar rolling demonstration in JJ Fox

For those who missed her the first time (or have already missed her) Berta Corzo, from Cohiba’s El Laguito, will be visiting Dublin again next week. Berta has worked as a torcedora in the Cohiba factory for over 25 years, where she has perfected her skills in rolling any vitola.
Rob, David and Berta were kind enough [...]

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October 24th, 2009

Cuban Cigar Roller visits JJ Fox

Senora Berta Corzo, a roller from Cohiba’s El Laguito factory in Havana, is set to visit dublin next week. Berta has worked as a torcedora in the Cohiba factory for over 25 years, where she has perfected her skills in rolling any vitola.
From Wednesday October 28th and until Sunday November 1st, Berta will be rolling [...]

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