Hi everyone, another week goes by in Norfolk, it really is the calm before the storm of Christmas, online orders are starting to build up more and in store customers keep mentioning Christmas too.

Monday went by in a flash! I was in the shop on my own for the morning. I had to do the incredible amount of pickings by myself!… However, it never was by myself, as a team we came together and decided what would be the best way to quickly and efficiently pick the orders. In the end it was decided that I would pick all of the cigars for the orders and then leave the accessories and extras for Lisa (our packing whizz) to pick for me! It worked a treat, we got the pickings done and then I helped out in packing to catch up with all the orders Lisa helped pick. Meanwhile in the shop, I had a lovely gentleman who wanted to try different pipe tobaccos, I suggested purchasing one of our pipe tobacco samplers. We had a look through together and he decided to try Billys sweet tooth tobacco sampler. It has a great mix of aromatic tobaccos as he decided he wants lots of different flavours. I was also excited to see the new C.Gars magazine become available! They are available for FREE in the shop with any purchase! Online customers will also receive them in the post with any order! It was a lot of hard work to get to this point but it does look incredible!

Tuesday was my marketing day, and I took A LOT of pictures! I started my day by writing an article about the new Partagas Linea Maestra range. There has been a lot of excitement about this range of Cuban cigars and they do look incredible! I took some brilliant pictures for this article too. You can read it here. Afterwards I concentrated on completing the shops newsletters, they do such a good job explaining what is going on in store and choosing some lovely products to promote. I do sometimes have to re-take some of their pictures as in Norfolk we have the marketing department, and so the other stores are not trained up like we are. This time around I had a few to do so I added them to my picture taking list. I also decided to take pictures of the cigars of the month, a very interesting choice for November, but you will all have to wait to find out.

On Thursday, I was back in the shop with Ciaran, we were incredibly busy in the shop! Plenty of customers purchasing cigars and enjoying our service. I served a group of three young gentlemen who have become a regular of mine. They always like trying new things that are quite similar to what they already know they like. They had recently enjoyed the Mitchellero Peru range as well as the Tabak Especial Oscuro Robusto. This time they went away with three different choices, the first one wanted to try Cuban cigars, so he had a Romeo y Julieta Mille Fleur and the Cuban quick puff as it is a great way to try Cuban tobacco before committing to a full cigar. The second gentleman asked for my recommendation and as always I suggested the Alec Bradley Orchant Seleccion as it is my favourite cigar range, so he had the Shorty as well as two Tabak Oscuro cigars. The last one had an old faithful in the Mitchellero Peru and then tried another recommendation of mine, the Plasencia Reserva Original Corona – A very nutty cigar in my opinion. 

On Friday, I was back in the shop with Ciaran, we worked on stocking up the pipe room as there has been a lot of orders for Peterson pipes at the moment and our shelf was looking a little bare, so together we stocked it up as well as organised the other shelves. I was needed in packing to help get a good chunk of the orders packed while they had a rather large alcohol order to pack. In the afternoon we completed the Cuban stock count.

On Saturday, It was just Porscha and myself. We worked through the online orders and then we started stocking the humidors and ordering more stock. Porscha also priced up some more whisky for the shop.

I hope you have enjoyed this weeks goings on and I hope to see you all very soon

So long for now

Oliver

Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer and Belgian businesswoman Dominique Gyselinck will inaugurate the Monte-Carlo Cigar Club next spring.

“It’s a new concept that has never been done outside the United Kingdom,” explains Dominique Gyselinck. The businesswoman, who runs twenty-six cigar and spirits boutiques across Europe with her Dominique London group, announced to L’Amateur the upcoming opening of a private club in partnership with Monte-Carlo Société des bains de mer (SBM), one of the main players in the gaming sector in Europe and the leader in luxury tourism in the Principality of Monaco since 1863.

Located on the first floor of the Monte-Carlo casino, the club will be inaugurated in spring 2025.

Named the Monte-Carlo Cigar Club (MCCC), the establishment will be accessible only to members. It will have an indoor and outdoor area of ​​just over 200 m2 in which there will be a smoking room, a bar and a walk-in humidor, as well as a terrace facing the sea.

Recruitment of members has already begun. Dominique Gyselinck does not wish to disclose the first names or the amount of the annual subscription, but she confides that “it will be an ultra-exclusive club, the most exclusive in the world: artists, sportsmen, crowned heads, businessmen…”. Applicants will have to be sponsored by two members in order to become members in turn.

The interior design was entrusted to the Parisian firm Moinard-Bétaille, which worked in collaboration with the Italian firm DeArt for the humidor.

Original Article – www.cigars-connect.com

Hi everyone, another busy week passes us by here in Norfolk, plenty of customers popping in as well as other activities going on.

On Monday, I was in the shop with Josh, with an incredible amount of pickings to do. We worked together to get through the pickings as quickly as we could. After helping the packing department for a short while, I stocked up all of the cigar shelves in both of our humidors. During the day, I served plenty of customers, one of which was a younger gentleman, who doesn’t smoke regularly but wanted a cigar for his holiday. He only had £10 to spend, so instantly the Mitchellero range comes to mind, I suggested the Peru Gordo as that is £9.99 and is a very good cigar especially for the price. He left happy and went on with his day.

Tuesday was my marketing day. Firstly, I wrote an article for the C.Gars cigar library, it is all about Curivari cigars – you can read it here. I spent plenty of time taking the pictures, and I even had to do a re-shoot as one of the pictures didn’t come out the way I wanted. It is very annoying when that happens but it is part of the job and you always bounce back and the new picture is much better! Afterwards I started creating the shop newsletters for all of our other stores around the UK, it is always a treat to see what they have going on in their stores, each one is so unique that you wouldn’t be bored going to each one! You could do the “Tour de Turmeaus” if you wanted.

On Wednesday, I was back in the shop with Josh. I had my regular gentleman who comes in every couple of months. He always buys around 300 grams of different pipe tobaccos, which keeps him going until his next visit. This time he bought Century R & M blend, American Blends Delite and American Blends BC. As always we had a lovely chat and he always leaves happy. Later on in the day, Jerry from Stone Marketing (who provides ST Dupont products) visited to do some training all about the ST Dupont range. I let Josh go to the training session so he could gain all of the information and let the rest of us know what he learned. So now if you have any questions about ST Dupont don’t hesitate to ask us!

On Thursday, I was counting the New World humidor with humidor manager Billy. In between counting we also had our bi-weekly marketing meeting. We were discussing plans for Black Friday and I can tell you now, look out across all of our social media platforms as there will be some amazing deals to take advantage of. An ongoing deal we have at the moment is The Big Plasencia Sampler – this sampler contains four cigars including a limited edition that you can’t currently buy on our website without purchasing the sampler, the great part is, if you purchase this sampler, you also get the chance to win the incredible Plasencia Alma del Fuego Limited Edition Ometepe Humidor! (Cigars not included), make sure you enter now!

On Friday, I was in the packing department with Porscha. We had plenty of orders to pick and pack. I also got to see our regular customer Tony, he wanted to purchase the New World and Cuban subscription and the Sip ‘n’ Smoke podcast subscription. Instead of always staying subscribed he just comes into our shop and purchases when he wants to. This is only available in the Norfolk store as we hold all of the subscription stock here. Later on in the afternoon, I had to cover the shop as Josh was counting the Cuban humidor with Billy.

I hope you have enjoyed this weeks goings on and I hope to see you all in store soon.

So long for now

Oliver

Hi everyone, it has been another busy week here in Norfolk, as always I have been doing a good variety of roles which has been fun!

On Monday, I was in the shop with Josh, we had the usual mountain of online orders to pick. I was also happy to see Porscha had returned from her holiday, she had been away for over 2 weeks and she came back with plenty of energy! The orders did take us a very long time to pick but we always get there in the end and somehow every order gets sent at the end of the day. Afterwards I went around the Cuban and New World humidors and stocked up as much as I could as well as ordered some more stock to come later in the week. 

Tuesday was my marketing day, I spent some time writing an article for the C.Gars Cigar Library, it was about bleeding your lighter. Did you know that a common issue with lighters is the gas chamber can fill up with oxygen causing a blockage? You can read more by clicking here. I also took some time to take some pictures, with the help of my new hand model Porscha. In the afternoon, I updated a very outdated article we had on our website from August 2017 (two years before I started). It is all of the Cuban editions of Orchant Seleccions. This was very difficult as I had to go through our archives to find images for each of them. Looking at the pictures in the past, I can see where as a company we have improved massively! As well as technology being much more advanced too. 

On Thursday, I was back in the shop with Josh. We picked plenty of orders and served some lovely customers. One gentleman wanted to get a gift for his friend who loves Cohiba, he has a slim budget but we were able to find the Siglo II, which he was happy with and then bought two Inka Secret Blend Blue Petit Corona for himself to enjoy. In between serving customers, I had to shuffle around our pipe room, we are preparing for a lot more Vauen pipes to be with us very soon, so we had to make space in our very full pipe room. I then created tags for all of our new pipes we put out, they are more time consuming than the old way of manually writing it, but they do look much better.

On Friday, I was helping out in the packing department. I picked orders, and helped pack them. It was actually quite an enjoyable experience, as usually I am juggling a few jobs throughout the day, however this time I had nothing to worry about other than pack orders, it was also quite nice to socialise with other workers who I don’t usually get to spend time with.

On Saturday, it was Josh, Porscha and myself, looking after the shop. We picked orders and stocked shelves, we also served four customers within the first half an hour of opening! It seemed like everyone was out early to get their cigars and tobacco. I served a regular customer (I should have asked if he would be ok with me naming him) who was bringing in a lovely gentleman who was getting married. We spoke for a long time all about different cigars, our events and who knows what but it is always lovely to spend time with any cigar smoker as you always have a lovely chat about something we all enjoy. In the end the gentleman went away with seven Regius Serie Limitada Petit Royales and an Alec Bradley Orchant Seleccion Skinny, which is one of my favourites!

I hope you enjoyed this week’s goings and I hope to see you all in Norfolk very soon!

So long for now

Oliver

Hello everyone! A slightly shorter blog today as I enjoyed Monday and Tuesday off travelling around Norwich, a beautiful city if you ever get a chance to visit!

My work week began on Wednesday, I was back in the shop with Josh and I was amazed at how the rest of the staff had decorated the shop for Halloween! It is the best I have ever seen!. I had an interesting day to say the least, we often get customers coming in not knowing what they want but their partner has sent them in to get some cigars. The lovely lady came in, was told to get a few cigars as a present for a friend but didn’t have a clue what to get. So I had to recommend cigars that are good for anyone, beginner or experienced. The first thing that came to my mind was the Mitchellero Peru range, slightly sweeter and a great smoke for the price! The lady wanted one more so I suggested the Plasencia Reserva Original Robusto, a favourite of mine and is very easy to smoke and full of flavour. She bought a couple of our C.Gars event lighters too and left very happy. Later on I had another Lady come in for her husband with no idea what to get, however she did say he was an experienced smoker so I suggested the Plasencia Orchant Seleccion Orchante, as the charred oak flavour you get is second to none! I also suggested the Tabernacle David, one of the best made cigars you can get and full of flavour too! Another customer left very happy.

On Thursday it was my bi-weekly stock count with humidor manager Billy, however to spice up our day we also had our marketing meeting on the same day! So we powered through a quarter of our stock and then went for our meeting. We discussed plenty about ongoing marketing and what we could be doing better. We were also treated to a few gifts from Mitchell as a well done for creating the C.Gars magazine to a brilliant standard. After our meeting, Billy and I continued with the stock count. We finished quite late in the afternoon but I did have time to create the New World Cigar Subscription. It has another 5 great cigars and a bargain price!

On Friday, I was back in the shop with Josh, I worked through our alcohol pricing and updated the labels to make them much clearer. In the afternoon we completed the Cuban stock count, which I think we both know like the back of our hands.

I hope you enjoyed this shortened blog but don’t you worry, It will be back to normal next week!

So long for now

Oliver

Hi everyone! You can certainly tell that Summer is over! The weather has been horrible but that hasn’t stopped our loyal customers from coming in to see us and buy their lovely smokes.

On Monday, I was luckily in the parcel booking on department – I say luckily due to hurting my ankle over the weekend prior and I was struggling to walk! So I would have been unable to pick any online orders. So I booked on as many parcels as I could and even helped the packing department, making sure I was standing on my good leg. 

Another exciting development is that you will all be seeing a lot more of Sarah soon. Due to my marketing commitments and being needed in other departments, it is difficult to run the shop too, so from now on Sarah will be taking responsibility for the shop! Although it isn’t a managerial position, as we have never had a shop manager, she is the second most experienced behind myself. It will be interesting to see what happens as it is her first responsibility since starting with us over two years ago.

On Tuesday, I was working in the shop with Sarah. As I didn’t have a marketing day planned, I completed my marketing content in the shop. Sarah was sorting out the pipes in the pipe room, so I was pretty much on my own all day. I wrote an article for the C.Gars Cigar Library about Boost packs which we absolutely love! They make maintaining a humidor much easier! You can read more about it here. I also finalised all of the shop newsletters, ready to be sent out on the 1st of October, which is also national coffee day! I spent some time creating new monitor pictures for the humidor, advertising the cigars of the month, as well as attempting to create a poster for the shop. I was working with our marketing manager trying to get it right, I sent over a few attempts and unfortunately, none of them reached the extremely high standards we have. But I never let criticism stop me! You must always learn from your mistakes and use them to improve yourself! I also served three great people who remember me from their last visit two years ago! Admittedly, I didn’t remember them to begin with but then they reminded me of what they bought and I remembered! They really appreciated the service they had last time and were happy to see me. I showed them through our humidors and we spoke about plenty of cigars until they found the ones they wanted. I hope they enjoyed their visit as much this time as they did two years ago.

On Thursday, It was our quarterly, full building stock count. For me this is more of the same, I always count cigars with a team. This time it was Josh, Ciaran and Sarah, so we split into two teams, Josh and Ciaran counted the Cuban room and Sarah and I counted the New World room. As always it took us all day but we always complete it in the end!

On Friday, I was needed in the Packing department. My packing skills are just as good as they ever were but luckily I did have Lisa, who is a Packing whizz, to look after me… Just in case. We were having a great time packing together as we rarely spend a whole day together in the same department. We also had the Cigar Subscriptions to be sent out too, so I left Lisa in the afternoon to help book on the parcels. It really shows how multi trained I am across multiple departments. We all know the saying, Jack of all trades, master of all?… I’m sure that’s what it is! We have an ongoing joke that I need to bring a cape, as I’m a superhero always saving the day.

On Saturday, It was Josh, Ciaran and I working together. We picked our orders and then started to organise the shop. We have changed our table displays ready for Halloween! We also have a great Halloween competition at the moment. If you purchase anything from our main display table, you get to have a go on our trick or treat! There are some great treats up for grabs as well as some evil tricks! I have also scattered some sweets around the shop so come on in and treat yourself!

I hope you have enjoyed this weeks goings on and I hope to see you all in store very soon!

So long for now

Oliver

Hi everyone! It’s been another busy week here in Norfolk, We have had plenty of familiar faces pop in.

On Monday, it was the usual crazy Monday, I spent plenty of time picking my online orders and then helped out the packing department. We were incredibly busy and I noticed a lot of people taking advantage of our Pipe sale! Currently we have loads of pipes reduced down, take a look and you may find your next favourite pipe! I also served a regular of mine who came in to purchase his usual Peruvian cigars. He has always enjoyed Peruvian tobacco but ever since the Mitchellero Peru was released, he has been visiting even more than usual!

Tuesday was my marketing day. Firstly I went out with Porscha to do some Halloween shopping! We always decorate the shop for Halloween and this year we got even more bits to scare you all! Afterwards I wrote an article for the C.Gars cigar library, all about the different ranges of Dunhill pipes which you can read here. I also spent the time to take two pictures and edit them too so you know exactly what pipe is from what range. Later on I spent some time creating the October Norfolk shop newsletter, as the 1st of October is national coffee day I decided to highlight our coffee machine in the newsletter, as well as other products.

On Wednesday, after the online order picking, I spent a lot of time in our New World Humidor, cleaning and stocking the shelves. I felt very productive as I was able to get even more cigars out on the shelf, meaning our lovely customers can have even more to choose from. I also served two young gentlemen who are becoming more regular these days, this time they came in to purchase a cigar I had mentioned to them previously – the Drew Estate Tabak Especial Toraja. They also decided to have a tin of the Drew Estate Acid Krush Morado Maduro between them, they left very happy and I look forward to seeing them again.

On Thursday, It was time for the New World stock count with humidor manager Billy. Somehow we had it all done in three and a half hours! We were amazed with ourselves but at the same time lost, as we never plan anything else for our day! So I decided to finish off my newsletters and get them proof read by marketing so they are all ready to be sent out. Luckily they were happy with what I had and they are all ready to go out on the 1st of October. 

On Friday, we were a little short staffed so numerous staff members had to do more roles. I was in the packing department as well as booking on the parcels to be sent out. As a team we got around the obstacle very well. In the afternoon, I luckily didn’t have to do the Cuban stock count as we decided to let Josh and Ciaran do it for a change. It will be a great learning experience for them and it lets me enjoy a Friday afternoon without the stress. In return I will be doing their online order pickings and serving the customers so they can fully focus on the count.

I hope you have enjoyed this week’s going on and I hope I get to see you all in store very soon!

So long for now

Oliver

Hello everyone! Hasn’t the weather gone chilly now! It certainly has in Norfolk. Being so close to sea really does bring a sea breeze all the way to our shop! It has been another busy week here in Norfolk, but it was great to see some of our regulars pop by.

On Monday, I was in the shop with Ciaran, we worked through our pickings, then I went into the packing department to help out as they had lots of orders and needed me to catch up on orders. I also served a lovely group of people who came from New Zealand! They were amazed with how the shop looked and the amount of cigars we have to offer. After a long look around they went away with three of our exclusive cigars, the Mitchellero Peru Robusto Extra, Plasencia Orchant Seleccion 2024 Orchante and the Regius Orchant Seleccion 2023 Peru Corona Gorda as well as a tin of Drew Estate Tabak Especial Oscuro. They went away very happy and they were great to serve too.

I had two days off and came back in on Thursday for my day of marketing. I started by researching my next article for the C.Gars cigar library. I had thought it had been a while since I had written one about spirits and when I was thinking about what brand, I looked around and saw an open bottle of Tomatin 14 year old and thought that is what I need to write about. So I did plenty of research and was amazed with the history behind the brand. So I wrote the article and found some pictures to go alongside, you can read the article here. I also took part in our bi-weekly marketing meeting. We discussed what samplers have been selling well and what we need to do more of, we are also preparing our Halloween marketing and I hope your ready as it all looks amazing! Of course we will be decorating the shop and doing a special Halloween offer in store too! Later in the afternoon, I completed the finishing touches to my part of the C.Gars magazine as well as sorting banners for the C.Gars cigar library as some pictures were not up to standard. To finish the day I started to create the shops newsletters ready for October, I hope you are subscribed to them all as these places look incredible!

On Friday, I was back in the shop with Porscha, I had a shop meeting with all the shop workers to discuss our Halloween marketing. We came up with some great ideas which you will see from the 1st of October! After the order picking, I served a lovely regular of mine who enjoys the Plasencia Orchant Seleccion cigars. He decided to pop by and purchase the Orchante and get on with his day, as always it was great to see him. We had another regular come in who loves his Inka Secret Blend Red Bombaso Maduro. Unfortunately, we have run out of stock of them in Norfolk so he tried something different. He knew he liked the Gurkha 15 year old Robusto, but he didn’t realise there was a Maduro version, so he was very happy and wanted to try something new. Knowing he likes Maduro cigars, I looked around and remembered that La Unica has a Maduro which is lovely, so he decided to try it. Hopefully I’ll see him soon.

On Saturday, I was joined by Porscha and Ciaran, we stocked up the humidors ready for a busy Monday and started changing the price tags on the Alcohol as well to make them similar to the ones we created for the pipes. 

I hope you have enjoyed this weeks goings on in store and I do wish you would all visit very soon.

So long for now

Oliver

Hello everyone! I hope you have had a brilliant week? Mine has been interesting to say the least!

On Monday, I wasn’t in the shop for a change! I had a slightly late start so missed the first round of online orders and so I went into the booking on department to book on the parcels. As always we worked well as a team and by the end of the day we were swimming in parcels!

Tuesday was my marketing day, I spent a lot of time researching my article for the C.Gars cigar library. In the end I settled on writing about Casa 1910 cigars, I think they’re a very underrated brand, but they are starting to win awards which will prove how good they are. You can read the article here. I also spent some time taking the pictures, recently our marketing manager gave me a bit of feedback with my pictures and so hopefully these ones represent what he wanted. I also created a news article about the new Bolivar Belicosos Finos 60th Birthday Orchant Seleccion. These cigars have been flying off the shelves and really shows the quality of an Orchant Seleccion cigar.

On Wednesday, I was working with Josh… Partly. After my morning order pickings, I helped out in the packing department, they were a bit overwhelmed with a few deliveries so I helped where I could, using my packing experience I gained when I first started. Robyn and I packed all of the orders and so, knowing I wasn’t needed in packing, I moved back into the shop with Josh. We filled up the humidor shelves and gave it a bit of a clean. I also got to serve a semi regular customer who has been coming into the store for a very long time, his cigar selection has gone down in recent years, however his humour hasn’t changed. This time he had two Eagle by Rocky Patel Torpedo, a Rocky Patel Number 6 Corona and then let me select his last one, which I suggested the Plasencia Orchant Seleccion 2024 Exclusive Orchante. I remembered previously he enjoyed the Plasencia Orchant Seleccion Toro 2021 and so I knew he would enjoy this new release.

On Thursday, I was meant to be doing the New World Stock take, however, Billy, our humidor manager, was too busy and suggested we do it on Friday as well as Cuban (he’s a bit crazy like that), so I set myself up to do other administrative tasks, however the person booking on orders went home. So I moved into the shop with Ciaran and Sarah booked on! What a muddle! However we worked through it and had another great day. In the afternoon I had two gentlemen come in who had recently finished construction on a bridge in a local town of Lowestoft and the team wanted to celebrate. The two that came in treated themselves to Regius Connecticut Gran Toro and got the rest of the team Mitchellero Peru Toro. They went away very happy. We also had our marketing meeting to discuss the C.Gars magazine. It will be getting made very soon, with a few minor adjustments. You can actually register your interest by clicking here.

On Friday, it was the dreaded New world and Cuban stock count! Billy was confident we could get it done. We smashed it! We got it done with an hour to spare! I couldn’t believe it! It really felt like a great achievement.

I hope you have enjoyed this weeks goings on and I hope to see you all in Norfolk very soon.

So long for now

Oliver

Hello everyone! I hope you all enjoyed your three day weekend? For those of us in retail it was business as usual!

On Bank holiday Monday, it was myself, Josh and Sarah. We worked as a team and decided to let Sarah pack online orders all day to try to help out team with their workload Tuesday. Josh and I had the monumental task of picking all of the online orders from over the weekend, and there were loads! But as always we get them all done in the end. In the middle of picking I served a gentleman who had travelled from Norwich and wasn’t happy with the cigars on offer there. I showed him our two humidors and he was stunned at how amazing it looked! He left with a couple of Davidoff Grand Cru Robusto and made sure he brought more money with him for the next visit. 

On Tuesday, we were back to being a full team. I was working with Ciaran in the shop, we swiftly got through pickings, so I started doing the finishing touches on my shop newsletters. Each individual store has their own offer in store, so if you can, ask your local tobacconist what they have on offer this month, or ask to sign up to the newsletter and you will get them all to your inbox. You can also email me and let me know which store is closest to you and I can add you to the mailing list. My email is [email protected]. In Norfolk we are doing £5 off any Savinelli pipe (Not to be used in conjunction with any other offer) for the whole of September! So pop in and get your new Savinelli pipe today!

On Wednesday, I was in the shop with Porscha, I had a new task for her to be the lead on. We are now adding all of the barcodes for accessories onto our till system so we can research which items historically sell well in store and which ones sell better online. It is a massive task to do as we have thousands of items here in Norfolk, but over time we will get there. Meanwhile I carried on adding my content to the C.Gars magazine, I spent a lot of time seeing what is going on in the UK cigar world but I finally found some information that I could put in.

Thursday was my marketing day, I wrote an article for the C.Gars cigar library, it’s all about Mac Baren pipe tobacco, they were a family owned company up until July of this year when they got bought by Scandinavian Tobacco Group, you can read more by clicking here. I also took part in the marketing meeting discussing the magazine and where we need to improve. I’d like to think we are almost finished! I really can’t wait for you all to see it. After the meeting I started making improvements and with help from the marketing department, we vastly improved my sections. Towards the end of the day I started planning the October New World Cigar Subscription. Another incredible box for such a brilliant price, I cannot suggest subscribing to it enough. 

On Friday, I was back in the shop with Josh, we both completed our pickings and then started filling up the shelves. Josh was particularly excited as this afternoon he is filming a video all about a couple of spirits he has been sampling. Obviously to “help” I had to try these spirits for “research” purposes and to help him with the flavour notes. I then realised I had forgot to do images for the cigars of the month! So I quickly took some pictures of them for the monitors in our humidor. In the Afternoon I enlisted the help of Porscha to count the Cuban stock with me. It was only her second time but she did a very good job.

I hope you have enjoyed this week’s blog and I hope to see you all in store very soon.

So long for now

Oliver