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The Connaught unveils The Connaught Cigar Merchants We didn’t need another reason to hang out at The Connaught – Hélène Darroze, that bar, Jean-Georges, The Grill – but we’ve got one. The Mayfair hotel has recently unveiled The Connaught Cigar Merchants. A semi-secret intimate room – access is via the Red Room bar – the…
Traipsing through Mayfair’s Berkeley Square during a late summer downpour, one just wishes to escape the dross and find sanctuary in warm and inviting comfort. A wet hop down nearby Charles Street and a charmingly immaculate brass plate indicates I’ve found it. Marcus Lecky Oswald Hornby Birley, Old Etonian and King of London’s private clubbage…
It’s not your daughters you need to lock up. It’s your coronas. Luckily, Dunhill of London are offering full bed and board. If there’s anything that makes one long for the less health conscious days of yore, it’s the sight of people (read: mainly chaps) smoking quality cigars outdoors, in the public arena. Whether it’s…
The newly opened Churchill Bar & Terrace on Portman Square was certainly designed with a young Churchill in mind. Guests are invited to enjoy a menu of fine cigars and cocktails on the glamorous private terrace until the early hours. The bar serves its own Churchill Craft Gin (what else!) with house made tonics, as…
Homer Simpson, when told he must visit Canada, let’s out a particularly powerful ‘D’oh!’ and asks, ‘Why should we leave America, just to visit America Jr?’ Free health care and a ludicrously high standard of living aside, it’s hard to get excited about the Maple, on a cultural level. But there are some historical reasons…
In the world of wine there is Champagne, in the world of whisky there are single malts and, in the world of cigars there is Cuba. Many, if not most, products have their stars but it is rare that within that category there is one clear leader. Unusually, Cuban cigars have that flagship brand that…
The Lanesborough has announced an exclusive luncheon on Friday 14th October 2011, pairing some of the finest cigars, wines and cognac from around the world with a tailored gastronomic menu. The luncheon will commence with a selection of canapés and a glass of Krug, followed by a three course menu with wine and cigar pairings.…