Cigar Events
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What an incredible end to the Summer! My return to Croatia for the 2026 Cigar Smoking World Championship Grand Final 🇭🇷🇬🇧
Wow, where do I start? What an absolutely incredible way to end the summer! A couple of years ago, I visited Croatia and knew I’d come back one day. I even mentioned it in my last blog post. Well, this time I had a pretty good reason to return — I was heading back to…
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Cohiba Talismán world launch: London event tickets confirmed at £600 plus VAT
The worldwide launch of the Cohiba Talismán will take place at Kensington Palace in October, with tickets confirmed at £600 plus VAT (which I believe makes it approximately £720). The event, marking Cohiba’s 60th anniversary, will take place at The Orangery at Kensington Palace on 7 October. Hunters & Frankau, which is hosting the London…
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Cohiba Talismán world launch: Venue moves to Kensington Palace
Following Habanos S.A.’s announcement of the worldwide launch of the Cohiba Talisman in London on 7 October, the highly anticipated event will be moved from The Roof Gardens in Kensington to the magnificent Orangery at Kensington Palace, following an exceptional level of interest from cigar aficionados across the UK and around the world. Set within the gardens of Kensington…
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AVO Expresivo UK Cigar Launch with The Dalmore whisky at Boisdale
Last week, Boisdale of Canary Wharf hosted a fantastic evening celebrating the UK launch of the AVO Expresivo, a cigar released to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of AVO founder Avo Uvezian. I first became aware of this new cigar while following the social media coverage from this year’s Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show in New Orleans back…
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The Summertime Smoke 2026: The UK cigar festival that keeps getting better
If you weren’t at EJ Churchill Shooting Ground in Lane End, High Wycombe, this weekend on Saturday, 1st August, you truly missed an incredible second edition of The Summertime Smoke — the UK’s premier cigar festival. After spending the weekend there, it’s safe to say that it has firmly established itself as one of the…
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Blackened cigar by Drew Estate in collaboration with Rob Dietrich & Metallica’s James Hetfield
Celebrity cigars fascinate me. Are they simply a marketing gimmick designed to capitalise on a famous name, or can they actually deliver something genuinely exciting for us cigar smokers? I’ve written before about celebrity cigars — including Conor McGregor’s Notorious range, which I was pleasantly surprised by — so when I heard Metallica frontman James…
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Lady Wimbledon’s Tennis Party 2026 with Surrey Cigars – A stylish start to Wimbledon
Wimbledon fortnight is one of the biggest events in the British sporting calendar, and every year Lady Wimbledon ensures the Championships get off to a spectacular start with her iconic opening party. This year I was invited by Surrey Cigars to attend the exclusive launch event at 601 Queen’s Road, just a stone’s throw from…
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Zino Honduras cigars unleashed across the UK
The Zino Honduras is the latest addition to Davidoff’s modern Zino range, officially launching worldwide on 26 June 2026. Building on the success of the Zino Nicaragua, this new release takes the range in a bolder direction, with a fuller-bodied blend that places Honduran tobacco firmly in the spotlight. To celebrate the launch, retailers across…
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Inside the James J. Fox Selección Launch – My evening at St James’s
Just a week after publishing a post on the new James J. Fox Selección cigar range, I was lucky enough to attend its official London launch at the iconic St James’s Street store. The evening marked the first of two launch events, with James J. Fox hosting a second celebration in Dublin next week. If you’re looking…
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City of London Cigars Pop-Up at London Concours
If you’re into your cars and cigars, get yourself over to London Concours over the next couple of days. I popped along on Tuesday evening to the beautiful grounds of the Honourable Artillery Company in the heart of the City of London. With more than 130 incredible cars on display and a relaxed garden-party atmosphere,…
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The Lord’s Cigar Lounge celebrates three years in Gosport
I’ve just returned from a fantastic weekend celebrating the third anniversary of The Lord’s Cigar Lounge in Gosport, located just across the harbour from Portsmouth on England’s south coast. The lounge is owned and run by Mario Afuza, who has built a fantastic cigar community over the past three years. If you’ve followed my blog for…
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IGNITE 2026: UK Tobacco Retailers Conference & Show – Live Updates
Live updates 🚨 from IGNITE 2026 — the UK Tobacco Retailers Conference & Show 2026, running from 15–17 May at Whittlebury Park in Northamptonshire. Sunday 17th May 2026 16:00 🇬🇧 And just like that… IGNITE 2026 comes to a close! It was an absolute pleasure to attend such a fantastic event and meet so many incredible people.…
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Sampling the Davidoff Puro Dominicano at No. 6 Cavendish
A couple of weeks ago, on April 23, 2026, the brand new Davidoff Puro Dominicano cigar made its debut in the UK. You might have seen the buzz on social media with photos and videos from a series of launch events taking place across the country… …along with footage from this year’s PCA Trade Show…
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Cigars at Turmeaus & Puffin Rooms Liverpool with the Irish Guard Veterans Cigar Club
I love herfing with different cigar communities across the UK. This week I was invited to the Irish Guards Veterans Cigar Club — “Bearskins & Burners” — for their second cigar event (the first being in 2024) at Puffin Rooms in Liverpool, hosted by Mitchell Orchant of CGars Ltd. I’d heard a lot about this…
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A Visit to James Barber’s Tobacconist & Cohiba 60th Anniversary Dinner in Harrogate
This year, Cohiba is celebrating its 60th anniversary — six decades during which the brand has established itself as the world’s premium Cuban cigar. A box of 10 Cohiba Behike 52 cigars costs £3,500, which is around £350 per cigar. A Cohiba Behike 56 is approximately £500-£650 per cigar. There were rumours about a new…