Drew Estate
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A visit to Dolce Caffe in Rickmansworth for a cigar and whisky evening
I’d been meaning to visit Dolce Caffè in Rickmansworth for a couple of years. My good friend Steven, whom I met through the cigar scene, has a knack for discovering interesting, slightly quirky places to enjoy a cigar. A couple of years ago, he told me about Dolce, its owner Krenar Elezi, and the cigar evenings they host. Ever…
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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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My InterTabac experience 2024
Just over two weeks ago, I attended my first InterTabac event, and what an experience it was! From the moment I arrived, I was surrounded by the best folk in the cigar world (minus Habanos S.A., who sadly pulled out earlier in the year). I met great people, smoked amazing cigars, and discovered exciting new…
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A visit to Robert Graham Whisky & Cigar store in Cambridge
In my head, I want to visit every single cigar store in London and across the UK. Whether I get the chance to is a different story. On a visit to Cambridge at the weekend, I was pleased to see a cigar store in town. I associate Robert Graham Whisky & Cigars with Scotland and the online cigar…