cigarros Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 All these wines have been drunk by my Dad and his friends in 1961-63 on Cuba. My Dad served in Soviet Army, he was the military doctor. All this picks from my cuban collection. Enjoy!
jfury76 Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 Wonderful labels there. Wonder how those wines compared with one another. Wish there were tasting notes!!
thechenman Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 Nice pics cigarros. Thanks for sharing these with us.
bassman Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 Beautiful labels. I can tell you the Cuban wines I tried in 2001-03 were pretty nasty. My wife & I spent 3 days in Moron each trip- Pronounced More-OWN. One of my favorite photos is of one of us standing on each side of the Moron city sign pointing at each other.
purosdave Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 Beautiful labels. I can tell you the Cuban wines I tried in 2001-03 were pretty nasty. My wife & I spent 3 days in Moron each trip- Pronounced More-OWN. One of my favorite photos is of one of us standing on each side of the Moron city sign pointing at each other. I had the same experience with Mexican wines, I just don't think the climate is right for good wine grape production. The history and quality of the labels is very cool though. Thanks for sharing.
Habanos2000 Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 I haven't heard great things about Cuban wines. But I can understand Soviet soldiers drinking the stuff if they were on the island in the early 60's! Those were some scary times.
bassman Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 I was also in Cuba in 1981. Plenty of Russian military around. Traded a couple packs of Marlboros for a bottle of Starka Old Vodka. It was dark & tasted delicious. Have you heard of Starka, Cigarros?
micahzeff Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 Unbelievable to think your father was in Cuba during the Missile Crisis, such a precarious moment in history. Thankfully the cooler heads prevailed and we are able to share a friendship involving Cuban cigars almost 50 years later.
cigarros Posted February 12, 2010 Author Posted February 12, 2010 I was also in Cuba in 1981. Plenty of Russian military around. Traded a couple packs of Marlboros for a bottle of Starka Old Vodka. It was dark & tasted delicious. Have you heard of Starka, Cigarros? Ha-ha! Of course! I really know this stuff!!))))) But it's not classic vodka, this is siberian spirit tincture on cedar nutlets, herbs and spices with some cane sugar additions. In contemporary line of Starka brand you can find many tasties! It's fine quality tincture! Usually used for treats man's illnesses)) Absolutely natural product.
laficion Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 Dmitri, A fantastic collection you have there thanks for sharing. As a Frenchman, I truly appreciate it On a side note, contrary to what has been said about Cuban wines, I've tasted some very decent wines coming out of the Pinar del Rio province. One very good wine is " Castillo Del Morro, Gran Reserva Tinto" made by VINOS FANTINEL S. A. in San Cristobal, Pinar del Rio. I'm sure that if you get the chance to try it, you'll have another Idea and view on wines from Cuba. It has nothing in comparision with Mexican wines.
cigarros Posted February 12, 2010 Author Posted February 12, 2010 Unbelievable to think your father was in Cuba during the Missile Crisis, such a precarious moment in history. Thankfully the cooler heads prevailed and we are able to share a friendship involving Cuban cigars almost 50 years later. When I have appeared here some FOH's members has accepted me with mistrust - oh! He is russian! KGB? Spy? And other misunderstanding questions...... I'm far from politics, I hate communism, I just love smoke good cigars, meet pleasant people and simply love my way ))) Yeah! My father and me were born in USSR, but Motherland we couldn't choose. Our common history says - "we're the world, we're the children"... Are you remember this song? I don't want throw dust in somebody's eyes and to pour water into a sieve. I just have a finger in the cigar pie
laficion Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 Dmitri, Don't get upset, we all love you here
bassman Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 As an American, I was quite a novelty in 1981 Cuba. Much toasting to friendship was done between myself & the Soviet military. It was pointed out how people can be friends even when governments disagree. Then in 1992 & 93 I visited Russia. St. Petersburg is a lovely city. Rembrants in the Hermitage. Fantastic!
Habanos2000 Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 Dmitri, Don't get upset, we all love you here Amen brother! One of the great benefits of this site is the world wide brotherhood we all share. It makes the world a smaller place.
finecigar Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 How extraordinary- these labels are beautiful. I wonder what the taste would be like-
MontrealRon Posted February 13, 2010 Posted February 13, 2010 It is possible that many of these were in fact Spanish wines, imported in bulk, and bottled in Cuba; perhaps blended there as well. Many thanks Dimitri, for this amazing, and very rare, look into old Cuba.
Colt45 Posted February 13, 2010 Posted February 13, 2010 It is possible that many of these were in fact Spanish wines, imported in bulk, and bottled in Cuba; perhaps blended there as well. Many thanks Dimitri, for this amazing, and very rare, look into old Cuba. Ron, interesting thought and nice pick up on the label. I imagine the ones that state made in Cuba could even have been blended and bottled there. Thanks for the pics Dmitrii!
Ken Gargett Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 As an American, I was quite a novelty in 1981 Cuba. Much toasting to friendship was done between myself & the Soviet military. It was pointed out how people can be friends even when governments disagree. Then in 1992 & 93 I visited Russia. St. Petersburg is a lovely city. Rembrants in the Hermitage. Fantastic! was in russia in the mid 80's. had a fantastic time there. an aussie there back then was a bit of a novelty too. actually, and this was purely chance, left a few days before chernobyl went off. the week earlier, had been about 100 k's from it, so i'm told. pretty scary stuff. first i heard of it was when my old man rang me in london in the middle of the night from oz, to find out if i was okay. had no idea what he was talking about. and the hermitage was beyond brilliant. room after room of picasso's then room after room of the next great master and so on. had a couple of days there, but could have stayed a few weeks. the cuban wine i love/hate is 'sorea'. i swear so named because that is how you feel next day. years ago, i did an article for the aust gourmet trav wine mag on trying to find cuban bineyards and cuban wine in general. not sure i still have it but will try and find it. was the bizarrest series of events imaginable.
Kangaroo495 Posted February 15, 2010 Posted February 15, 2010 was in russia in the mid 80's. had a fantastic time there. an aussie there back then was a bit of a novelty too. Trust me - it still is.
Ken Gargett Posted February 16, 2010 Posted February 16, 2010 love the way that some have alcohol from 12 to 15%. just a bit of a gap. notwithstanding what the labels say, any idea if these were all 'genuine' cuban or if they were offshore bulk wines either bottled or labeled in cuba and claimed? we found them doing that on our very first visit so have to be a possibility that they were doing it back then as well.
cigarros Posted February 16, 2010 Author Posted February 16, 2010 I really don't know - is it genios or from Spain bulk, Dad ditto... He said they're were tastyyyyy!!
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