Cigar bar - Apparently selling their own brand of Cubans

[groundhog]

http://www.revolutionarycigars.com/home.html

I might be wrong (legally speaking?), however I'm fairly sure that the only Cuban cigars from Cuba are sold by Habanos SA.
No other manufacturer/retailer has cigar brands coming out of Cuba.
Which gives rise to the question - am I wrong and these guys are genuine, having somehow managed to set up a cigar business under Habanos SA's nose?

[Shaun]

Many of the shops out there are now selling custom rolls, I guess these are no different if they are genuine.

[potpest]

By the looks of it it looks like they've just re-branded some cigars with their own labels(on the feet) and cello and it seems to be a wedding feature, like the sweet trolleys. Wouldn't be surprised if they are just re packaged Guantanameras or piedras.

I would love to have a chat with their staff who are "well versed in the art of cigars" and find out what the really know.

[Moley]

Just checked the website and they are close to where I live. Can't say I've heard of them or seen anything locally from them.

Very strange

[sheppsea]

Cigar bar - Apparently selling their own brand of Cubans

Seems dodgy to me, personally I wouldn?t go near them

Are they UK based? If they are they should appear on the H&F website

[TJCoro]

I don't make the rules.

Are they UK based? If they are they should appear on the H&F website

Good question, Chico!

If not or if it can't be determined, this thread will have to be deleted.

Start the clock...NOW!


Bag Boy

[ha_banos]

They on the Facebook too https://www.facebook.com/revolutiona...ernal&mt_nav=1

And you can look them up on a whois service.

[sheppsea]

Cigar bar - Apparently selling their own brand of Cubans

It seems they are based in the midlands, and a quick look on the H&F shows they aren?t listed. Although this doesn?t 100% prove anything as they may have bypassed H&F, as per the current thread on taxes, or they are listed under a different name/region, I would still take this with a massive pinch of salt [emoji4]

[Emaresee]

It may well be that H&F have licence on all Habanos produced brands... and some no brand sticks may well be fine. Other countries have a prime importer, and there are others who work around it. We can probably all think of one chap who does just that on some very specific sticks over in mainland Europe.

that aside, it looks like 50 cigars for ?1000 and some aspects of 'spectacle' and service.... hard to say if its worth it... but were it my wedding I'd stick a couple of hundred quid into a decent box and spend the rest on cake & wine!

[PeeJay]

Sautters sell Cuban custom rolls in their Mayfair shop that certainly haven't come through H&F

[SHAMZ84]

Sautters sell Cuban custom rolls in their Mayfair shop that certainly haven't come through H&F

is it because custom rolls aren't sold by Habanos and H&F only have a deal in place with Habanos?

[sheppsea]

Ah, so the beach sellers in Cuba whose relatives work in a factory have finally found a way to export directly

Apologies for being flippant, but I really don't see the custom rolls that the Facebook guy (or anyone else) sells as anything different