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The Festival Habanos 2011

February 28th, 2011 by Aizuddin Danian

Been down with the flu (again) lately, so cigar smoking has taken a 2 week back seat on doctor’s orders. Probably shouldn’t have gone back to hardcore puffing so soon after recovering from the last bout of sore throats, haha!

The last week or so has been dominated by news of the Festival Habanos 2011. Held each year in February, it’s the pinnacle of the Cuban cigaristas’ annual calendar. A week long orgy of events, meetings, cigar tasting, new product launches, dinners, gala auctions and a collection of the who’s-who of the cigar world. Havana, Cuba — the epicenter of it all.

News from around the blogs of famed aficionados have starting trickling in. Mitchell Orchant’s account of the gala dinner and auction. The Cigar Aficionado team Gordon Mott and David Savano report of their experiences smoking some of the 2011 new releases. All around, it sounds like those fortunate enough to make the trip had a whale of a time! Cuban hospitality is legendary — couple that with great cigars, and it’s hard to see how things can go wrong.

For me, i’m interested in news surrounding the special humidor auctions. Looks like Habanos SA put up a great lineup of gorgeous custom made humidors this year. The Cohiba one in particular is a real work of art, and it reportedly sold for $450,000! What a price to pay for a work of art and tobacco. Check out the full listing of auction humidors here.

7 Responses to “The Festival Habanos 2011”

  1. Mario

    Yeah I was there for the event and the gala dinner, and the entire thing was OFF THE HOOK.. As soon as I recover, I’ll post pictures. It was insane lol.

    Comment on Feb 28th, 2011 at 1:53 pm   
  2. Aizuddin Danian

    Yes, pls! Link the pics here, so everyone can share!

    Comment on Feb 28th, 2011 at 2:00 pm   
  3. Mario

    Aizuddin, how do I link pictures on the blog?

    Comment on Feb 28th, 2011 at 2:08 pm   
  4. Aizuddin Danian

    Just upload them all to someplace like Picasa or Google web album, then post the link to the album here.

    Comment on Feb 28th, 2011 at 2:13 pm   
  5. Mario

    Perfect….offf to sleep, and then tomorrow when I can think straight, I’ll start posting.

    Comment on Feb 28th, 2011 at 2:14 pm   
  6. Mario

    Here is a link to a picture of the airport in Havana. Just testing it out, and I will post the entire album.

    http://www1.snapfish.com/comcast/slideshow/AlbumID=4010153015/PictureID=185799286015/a=6514793_6514793/

    Comment on Mar 7th, 2011 at 9:26 am   
  7. Aizuddin Danian

    It works! :)

    Comment on Mar 7th, 2011 at 10:20 am   
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