Tournament Cool off Romeo

Sam and I got knocked out early from a $60 turbo Holdem tournament. Zach is still fighting in there. Enjoying a Romeo no. 2 while we wait at a tapas bar with Carchelo 2013. Old Romeo speaks of wood, hay and apricot. Happy new year everyone!

Port pigs and Mexicans

My uncle Pierrito joined me in a Monte 4 and showed me this neat little port pig glass - you suck it out of that tiny sliver of  a pig tail to instantly aerate it. It definitely enhances enjoyment and slows intake! Another magic evening in Wellington.

RyJ Exhibicion no.4 and Partagas Serie P no.2

Had a nice Boxing Day lunch and did away with these beauties. This RyJ robusto is my favourite port cigar right now, and we noticed how it had stepped up a notch in the last year with more pepper, charred cherry, and coffee grinds. It's getting more like those RyJ petit coronas we had last year. Brilliant.

Petanque Twilight...

[Here's a draft review from 2012 that i never posted!! at least it deals with a cigar from your last batch]

Had a ERDM demi-tasse over petanque last night. Brief but remarkably pleasant experience, there is now a richness to the cedar that warms the heart and the citrus zing complimented our lemon cake quite nicely. To my surprise my better half Bryony tried a couple of puffs - her first ever first hand smoking experience. She thought it taste a bit leathery like a tack room (this apparently is the room where they store all the saddles bridles etc for the horses). I looked around but the only pigs flying were the cochonets getting lost in the evening twilight... (Greg started winning when it was established that none of us could actually see the target)