James Suckling's Blog Archives

March 2007

A Petit Robusto Takes Me Home for the Night

Posted: 11:11 AM ET, March 23, 2007

I smoked a Hoyo de Monterrey Petit Robusto the other night while finishing a bottle of 2000 Lafite with a buddy in the fashion business who lives near me in Tuscany. Is it my imagination or is the PR stronger than the Hoyo Epicure No. 2?

I would have thought that the PR would be milder, like the Epi No. Read more

Lost in Translation

Posted: 04:01 PM ET, March 21, 2007

I am back in Italy at the moment and I started to think about a funny incident last week while I was in Hong Kong for some wine tastings. I was hanging out with my friend Alex Wong, who has to be one of the biggest cigar collectors as well as wine collectors in the world. Read more

Si Edmundo...

Posted: 12:32 AM ET, March 16, 2007

I received an e-mail this morning from a friend who said he was disappointed with the quality of the latest production of Montecristo Edmundo. I was sort of miffed after I sent him two cigars to try, but you know stuff happens that we can’t explain, especially with Cuban cigars. Read more

Smoking in the World's Sin City

Posted: 08:59 AM ET, March 14, 2007

I was watching CNBC this morning while I was in Hong Kong and there was a report on how Macau, a tiny administrative region of China, generated more revenues in gambling last year than Las Vegas – $6.87 million compared to $6.7 million.

Incredible. Read more

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