Posts Tagged Under Romeo y Julieta
Group Tasting - Romeo y Julieta Cazadores
Our group was invited to participate in the 3rd Transnational Cigar Tasting, organised by the Russian Cigar Union, that took place on December 27th 2011. The cigar we were asked to review was the Romeo y Julieta Cazadores. Rob Fox was kind enough to share with us a box of Cazadores from December 1999.
Our meeting [...]
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By yiorgos
Christmas Corona Gordas, Day 3: Romeo y Julieta Exhibicion No.3
The Christmas indulgence over the last couple of days has left me with a bad dose of man-flu. Not great for a day that not only I have to review one of the Corona Gordas, but also a cigar for the 3rd Transnational Tasting that we are participatig in tonight. Lemsip for breakfast and a [...]
Posted in Cuban, Reviews, Romeo y Julieta
By yiorgos
Photos from the Cigars & Rum evening
Photos from our Cigar & Rum evening, organised by James Fox, No Name Bar and Cigars.ie, and took place on Monday May 30th 2011 in the smoking area of the No Name Bar on Fade Street.
On a cool and rainy summer evening, over 30 cigar and rum lovers gathered in the No Name Bar to [...]
Posted in Herfs, News
By yiorgos
Cigar & Rum Tasting Evening
Our Herf for the month of May will be different that normally. Cigars.ie is collaborating with James Fox Cigar Store and The Bar With No Name, to organize an evening of Cuban Cigars and Caribbean Rum.
On Monday May 30th 2011 we will be meeting in The Bar With No Name, 3 Fade Street Dublin 2, from 8:00pm. The cigars [...]
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By yiorgos
The Lonsdales of Christmas, Day 14 - Romeo y Julieta Cazadores
Romeo y Julieta is one of Habanos most famous brands, holding steadily the 2nd position in the market share in the last decade, after Montecristo. Although the brand was created in the 1850’s, it wasn’t until 1873 that it was officially registered. Romeo y Julieta became popular before the revolution with their figurado shaped cigars, [...]
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By yiorgos
The Lonsdales of Christmas, Day 8 - Romeo y Julieta Cedros de Luxe No.1
The Romeo y Julieta Cedros de Luxe No.1 is the largest of the Cedros de Luxe family. These cedar wrapped cigars were introduced before the revolution and they are known to be stronger in flavour than the regular Romeos. The cedar strip seems to give these cigars a distinctive cedar flavour, especially when they are [...]
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By yiorgos
The Lonsdales of Christmas - Starting Dec 24th
It is Christmas again, and a great time to take out those special cigars from the bottom of the humidor. Last year we went through a robusto for each one of the 12 days of Christmas. It was great fun so I decided to to it again this year, only with a different size. The [...]
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By yiorgos
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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By yiorgos
Mini Piramides
As we have said before, the trend of Habanos is to release cigars that are either long and thick, or short and thick. Thick cigars sells well, and we barely see anything new with a ring gauge smaller than 50. 2009 saw the arrival of another short and thick cigar, this time in a pyramid [...]
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By yiorgos
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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By yiorgos
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