Cuban Cigar Reviews

One of the most anticipated releases this year was the launch of the H.Upmann Magnum 50. Some of you may remember the highly sought after Upmann Mag 50 Limitada from 2005. Habanos SA has re-released the Magnum 50 in all of its glory. This years presentation will be in CABs of 50, 25, 10 as well as in the 3AT (packs of 3 Tubos) format. These will be a regular production release. I did have a chance to try one at the Festival and I can say that in my opinion they are just as good as the 05’s. Anyways, here are some pictures taken at Habanos. I apologize as my camera is not the greatest, but I think you can get the idea.

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Just thought I would write a very quick summary of my week at the 10th Annual Festival del Habano in Havana, Cuba from February 25th-29th 2008. As I could not attend last year due to some last minute circumstances, I was excited about going down this year, though it was a very last minute decision. I was not only looking forward to smoking some of the new releases, but getting out of the -20C temperatures was an added benefit. Myself and Jerry were going down and we were meeting a couple of friends there as well. I have to say the trip did not start off on the best note. We booked with Sunwing Vacations (be careful). Our flight was “suppose” to leave at 3:30pm…let’s just say we were the last flight out of Pearson Airport at 12:47am. I wasn’t too pleased with the 9 hour delay needless to say. Three and a half hours later we arrived in Varadero, Cuba…only a 2 hour bus ride to Havana remains. Oh, and by the way, the 9hr delay = $75 travel voucher.

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