The aficionado's guide to the best Cuban cigars in the world.
Cuban cigars are as much an special collector's edition of the definitive guide to over 200 varieties of cigar will appeal to conoisseurs of the world's finest cigars.
The Cuban Cigar Handbook is a detailed history of Cuban cigars, with short essays on celebrity cigar smokers (including Wiston Churchill and Ernest Hemingway) and fascinating explorations of the roles of tobacco growers and cigar hand-rollers.
This is an unrivalled guide to the brands of cigar that are avaible, along with tasting notes to help the reader fully experiencethe pleasure of a good cigar: From the Cohiba, Fidel Castro's personal favourite, to the Montecristo, a cigar inspired by Alexandre Dumas' classic novel The Count of Monte Cristo; including H. Upmann's range, one of the oldest cigar brands in the world, and La Gloria Cubana's ciarillos; the Punch, the most popular cigar of Victorian Britain and Ramon Allones' hand-rolled cigars. The Cuban Cigar Handbook explains very element of cigar production, from the types of tobacco used and how they are rolled to advice on choosing your first humidor.
