La Gloria Cubana

[Nightwingvyse]

Does anyone know if it is possible to get La Gloria Cubana cigars in the UK (aside from the Deliciosos and the Gloriosos)? I brought a Wavell Maduro back with me from Vegas and found it to be one of the best i have ever smoked. The only two i have found here start from ?20.

[Smallclub]

(aside from the Deliciosos and the Gloriosos)? I brought a Wavell Maduro

Wow, huge confusion here. The Deliciosos and the Gloriosos are habanos, ie cuban puros, Habanos SA products, that bear absolutely no relation with the non cuban LGC, made of dominican/equadorian/nicaraguan leaves

[Nightwingvyse]

Well they all have La Gloria Cubana on the band. Apart from that, it really makes no difference to me. It doesn't really answer my question.

Would anyone like to correct any spelling mistakes i may have made?

[peanutpete]

[QUOTE=Nightwingvyse;152034]Well they all have La Gloria Cubana on the band. Apart from that, it really makes no difference to me. It doesn't really answer my question.

Would anyone like to correct any spelling mistakes i may have made?[/QUOTEi

great attitiude you have there, way to go you will be a big asset to the forum

[Styler]

[QUOTE=peanutpete;152037]

Well they all have La Gloria Cubana on the band. Apart from that, it really makes no difference to me. It doesn't really answer my question.

Would anyone like to correct any spelling mistakes i may have made?[/QUOTEi

great attitiude you have there, way to go you will be a big asset to the forum

I don't see anything wrong with his attitude Pete, everyone knows the band is the most important element when choosing a cigar. Who cares where the tobacco is from?

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[Smallclub]

It's so nice to see a real willingness to learn

[Nightwingvyse]

I have no intention of causing arguments. I'm just not a perfect ambassador of online etiquette. I am a member of many various forums and hold a positive reputation in each one. It was just an amusing thing to write.

My question still stands though. I would love to know if they are available in the UK. I should have brought a whole bunch of those things back with me, but i wasn't as experienced a smoker as i am now (though this thread would suggest that that's not saying much).

[TJCoro]

Rubber Band Man!

I don't see anything wrong with his attitude Pete, everyone knows the band is the most important element when choosing a cigar. Who cares where the tobacco is from?Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk

Plus one!


(Ahem!) Without the correct band, it's just a cigar!

[larrysputnik]

Well they all have La Gloria Cubana on the band. Apart from that, it really makes no difference to me. It doesn't really answer my question.

Would anyone like to correct any spelling mistakes i may have made?

Yes! This is what I've been missing.



I'll hook you up with Wavells bro. I know a guy.

[tippexx]

My question still stands though. I would love to know if they are available in the UK. I should have brought a whole bunch of those things back with me,

Then, other than the Habanos RE's that you've mentioned the answer is most likely No. There are currently only 3 LGC vitola in production, and I have yet to see any of them on sale in the UK.

That the band on the NC's are the same, and a rip-off is unfortunate, and will have to be resolved at some point in the future. What is not beyond dispute however is that a Cuban LGC is greatly superior in tobacco quality than an NC version.

[Jacobwaits]

Thank God someone actually answered the poor f**kers question!

[Smallclub]

Yes! This is what I've been missing.

Really?

When the revolution occured, Cuban brand owners and manufacturers were dispossessed of their factories and their stocks. They all left the country. They opened factories in the DR, Nic, Honduras, etc. and obtained the legal copyright to the brands in the United States market, but not in Europe. But their cigars share nothing with their cuban homonyms…

The copyright issue has been explained and discussed so many time on so many forums, I'm sure you can find a link to a comprehensive explanation…

There are dominican Montecristo,Partagas, Upmann, Ramon Allones, honduran Punch and Hoyo de Monterrey and Sancho Panza, nicaraguan San Cristobal, etc etc; it's going to be a mess when the embargo is left…

[Nightwingvyse]

Then, other than the Habanos RE's that you've mentioned the answer is most likely No. There are currently only 3 LGC vitola in production, and I have yet to see any of them on sale in the UK.

That the band on the NC's are the same, and a rip-off is unfortunate, and will have to be resolved at some point in the future. What is not beyond dispute however is that a Cuban LGC is greatly superior in tobacco quality than an NC version.

That's a real shame. I've actually tried both types and i found them both fantastic. It's just the minimum spend of ?20 to get the one's available that is the kick in the nuts.

[Smallclub]

That the band on the NC's are the same, and a rip-off is unfortunate,

Actually, the real rip off was the expropriation of the Cuban manufacturers after the revolution?

[tippexx]

History and politics Small Club. A lot of grievances might be laid at those feet.