The mystery has
been revealed! Cigar Aficionado
reports on the new Cohiba which was unveiled today in Havana. The new cigar set a record for the price of a young
cigar. A limited edition humidor of 40 cigars sells for 15,000 euros. The cigar, which was produced for the 40th
anniversary of the brand, is a Behike and all 4,000 cigars for the project were rolled by one person, Norma Fernandez
Sastre. The Behike measures 7 1/2 inches long by 52 ring gauge. The cigar will only be available in the humidors which
are made of ebony, bone and skate skin. The cigar will need to be aged but with time it will likely become a legendary
smoke. The 100 humidors are numbered and each cigar is also individually numbered on a secondary band.Posts with tag habanos
The 40th Anniversary Cohiba Announced
The mystery has
been revealed! Cigar Aficionado
reports on the new Cohiba which was unveiled today in Havana. The new cigar set a record for the price of a young
cigar. A limited edition humidor of 40 cigars sells for 15,000 euros. The cigar, which was produced for the 40th
anniversary of the brand, is a Behike and all 4,000 cigars for the project were rolled by one person, Norma Fernandez
Sastre. The Behike measures 7 1/2 inches long by 52 ring gauge. The cigar will only be available in the humidors which
are made of ebony, bone and skate skin. The cigar will need to be aged but with time it will likely become a legendary
smoke. The 100 humidors are numbered and each cigar is also individually numbered on a secondary band.Joseph Fiennes Attends Cigar Festival To Celebrate New Cigar
We recently mentioned the Fesitval del Habano
that is taking place this week. In order to promote the new short Chuchill size from the Romeo y Julieta brand, they brought
in Joseph Fiennes, famous for playing the bard in "Shakespeare in Love." It was Fiennes first visit to
Cuba and her tossed off a few lines from Romeo and Juliet at the cigar festival. The festival will also bring the
announcement of a new mystery cigar to celebrate the
40th birthday of Cohiba.Cigar Sales Going Strong in Cuba
Cuban cigars are still going strong. The country sold about 160 million
cigars last year in a $350 million business exporting cigars to Asia and Europe. The total was in line with recent
years’ sales. The world market for premium cigars is about 400 million, half of which are sold in the United
States although Cuban cigars can not be legally sold here. I wonder how many counterfeit Cubans were sold in the U.S.
last year and what the numbers would be if Cuban cigars could be sold here.[vintage poster via Havana Mike]
