Davidoff cigar movie : from seed to smoke

[ha_banos]

https://youtu.be/_mGFeOwjfbs

1h35m

[Vitola]

Fascinating viewing - thanks.....I might watch it again whilst smoking a Davidoff

[ha_banos]

Watched about an hour so far. Very very detailed so far about the growing and curing stages. Info about blending. Looks good.

Definitely one to watch with a smoke. I'll finish this tomorrow.

[simwells]

Watching it now, really interesting to see the processes and blending that they do and how they control so tightly a natural product


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[ha_banos]

Job done. I want to try some davidoff cigars.

The movie goes into great details about the growing, curing, ageing, preparation and production of the cigars.

How all the tobacco is aged. The inventory they hold is huge in that they can hold cured tobacco for at least 4 or 5 years before rolling. That answers the recent question about how long these particular branded cigars are aged before appearing in stores.

I'd love to see Habanos make a video like this too. Very enjoyable to go into the details. Even how the blending works. How they choose to adjust the blends based on various factors due to rainfall for example and the impact year on year is managed by having inventory to cope.

Would definitely recommend for anyone geeky enough to wonder about how these cigar things are produced.

Good job.

Best viewed with coffee, snacks and a couple of premium cigars!

[simwells]

Yeah it definitely left me wanting to try some Davidoff?s.

Are they unusual in this level of detail or is it common place with manufacturers?


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[ha_banos]

Davidoff and most NC producers seem to want us to understand how they operate. To much more detail than I've seen from any CC video.

There's a Padron video. Much shorter. But they sound like they are hankering to produce cigars 'as good as Cubans'. Not sure how most viewers will regard that. To me they made it sound like Cuban cigars are the flavour benchmark!

Not how the davidoff video went at all. Which is much more sensible I guess.

Not inspired by the Padron video. But the davidoff one did the trick [emoji4]

[glezga]

Interesting stuff, ive had to watch bit by bit and still 30 mins to go.

nice find

[Hookmaker]

Job done. I want to try some davidoff cigars.
The movie goes into great details about the growing, curing, ageing, preparation and production of the cigars.
How all the tobacco is aged. The inventory they hold is huge in that they can hold cured tobacco for at least 4 or 5 years before rolling. That answers the recent question about how long these particular branded cigars are aged before appearing in stores.
I'd love to see Habanos make a video like this too. Very enjoyable to go into the details. Even how the blending works. How they choose to adjust the blends based on various factors due to rainfall for example and the impact year on year is managed by having inventory to cope.
Would definitely recommend for anyone geeky enough to wonder about how these cigar things are produced.
Good job.
Best viewed with coffee, snacks and a couple of premium cigars!

Yes great film. Probably the first and only I've ever seen that show the process completed from A-Z.

Half way through something struck me: The wines of Chateauneuf du Pape and the Rhone valley around used to be sort of meeeerh before the mid nineties (except for a very little handful). Then came a new breed of wine makers and speeded along by a certain Mr. Parker. And the transformation began. Today CdP are among the greatest wines produced in our world, save only a smal handful. The bucket has been turned completely. ONE OF the main reasons - and although simple it may sound - was that they "got their act together". They got to grips with their process from vine to Wine, they cleaned up the cellars and started doing things consistently. I just can't help thinking how a Davidoff man like Kellner could transform the cigar industry of Cuba into something absolutely astounding if given a 10 year period and the authority to do so.

[simwells]

Davidoff and most NC producers seem to want us to understand how they operate. To much more detail than I've seen from any CC video.

There's a Padron video. Much shorter. But they sound like they are hankering to produce cigars 'as good as Cubans'. Not sure how most viewers will regard that. To me they made it sound like Cuban cigars are the flavour benchmark!

Not how the davidoff video went at all. Which is much more sensible I guess.

Not inspired by the Padron video. But the davidoff one did the trick [emoji4]

It?s great to see and would be interesting to see how it compares in Cuba. Though I guess there?s so much more overlap and loads of brands coming out of one or two factories there that it may be harder to market a video brand wise, but nothing stopping Habanos doing it as a whole.

Or maybe they feel some of the intrigue is the not knowing, who knows!


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[puff o'wind]

Ive never really liked Davidoffs. his own story - amassing smokes from other sellers in about-to-be-occupied Europe is interesting though. This film is good - the plantation men in the white suits...I wonder how nice they really are? Bit of an air of 'lets make money and hang the rest', but that might have been my take on it.

[ha_banos]

Camacho and Avo seem to be additional Davidoff owned brands. Not sure if there are others.

In the movie they refer to the top quality demands for the parent brand.

There's the point that even perfect cigars, that have passed all quality controls and expectations could be rejected if the final colour is a tad too light at the final box matching stage. Wonder what happens to those!

The cigar market can be very very fussy indeed.

There was also the mention of the benefits of having the cello wrappers too for those who were asking whether to keep them or not. Basically keep them [emoji4]

[glezga]

Ive never really liked Davidoffs. his own story - amassing smokes from other sellers in about-to-be-occupied Europe is interesting though. This film is good - the plantation men in the white suits...I wonder how nice they really are? Bit of an air of 'lets make money and hang the rest', but that might have been my take on it.

That was my take too. I try not to judge but couldn’t help not really like the main “white shirt” in the interview. He mentions “investment” and money a lot - rubbing his fingers together a few times to many for me.

A definite air of exploitation comes through; this may just be me and before im berated - maybe I have watched too much TV etc

Looking at my own Davidoff cigars and my own experience of them. They are fantastic cigars!

Very educational and I enjoyed it a lot – just being honest and I felt a bit privileged (in the wrong way) to own some….

[Vitola]

I agree Davidoff are excellent cigars!

As to exploitation and the finer things in life, there are very few things produced which have a privilege attached to purchasing/owning/consuming, which do not have various forms of exploitation in all its ugly forms, attached to producing them. A sad reflection possibly on the state of societies in which we live

[glezga]

I agree Davidoff are excellent cigars!

As to exploitation and the finer things in life, there are very few things produced which have a privilege attached to purchasing/owning/consuming, which do not have various forms of exploitation in all its ugly forms, attached to producing them. A sad reflection possibly on the state of societies in which we live

thats what i meant but said in with less eloquence