A Moment In Time
Yesterday, in a studio in Fulham, central London, we held the Cigar Sanctum Rogues Gallery shoot. We used a young photographer called Joe Giacomet for the project. His brief was to create a series of...
View ArticleCigar Sanctum Launch
On February 25, in a leafy garden that offered protection from a fierce Havana sun, Cigar Sanctum officially started life. The city was buzzing with more than a thousand cigar smokers who had descended...
View ArticleOrson Welles
There is a wonderful 1974 Michael Parkinson interview, in which Parkinson asks a cigar smoking Orson Welles about his friendship with Ernest Hemingway. The screen colossus, with signature baritone...
View ArticleThe Hunters And Frankau Gig
We’re proud to announce that Cigar Sanctum has been working with Hunters And Frankau to produce their coveted sterling silver Master Of Havana Cigars lapel pin. Just a very small group of people can...
View ArticleFidel Castro Cigar Box, 1959
Every so often, an object of historical importance comes along – a piece that relates to and captures a time, while offering an insight into a country’s social and political path. Several months ago, I...
View ArticleMemento Mori
It’s not by chance that the Smoking Skull has become the face – so to speak – of Cigar Sanctum. The gold signet ring that carries this reminder of our mortality was designed for a fraternity of friends...
View ArticleSanctum Rocks
Pictured here are hard rockers Rick Zsigmond and Richie Sambora, wearing their Cigar Sanctum smoking skull plectrums. We couldn’t ask for cooler brand ambassadors. Richie loves his plectrum, not just...
View ArticlePartagas Barrel Cigar Box, 1961
Another wonderful discovery that speaks of a Cuba fresh from Revolution and just beginning to feel the full force of the US trade embargo. This barrel (scroll down for images) – almost certainly the...
View ArticlePartagas Jewellery Launch
On a hot Havana afternoon, midway through the 17th Festival De Habanos, we launched the first official Partagas Jewellery Collection at our villa in Miramar. The launch was the culmination of 11 months...
View ArticleTHREE BOXES AND THE OLDEST CUBAN CIGAR BRAND
Cabañas was born in the century of Handel and Hogarth, which is quite remarkable considering we view brands like Por Larrañaga (1834) and Punch (1840) as pioneers in the Cuban cigar industry. Cabañas...
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