Cueto rises again

[El Presidente]

 

El Legado de Cueto Premium cigar meeting

The first international meeting of Premium El Legado de Cueto cigars, which will be held from April 23 to 26 at the Morro-Cabaña Military Historical Complex, will have the highest possible quality and its celebration will be a true success for all lovers of tradition and history of the best tobacco in the world.

In statements to the Excelencias Group, the Cuban cigar maker José Castelar Cairo (Cueto), creator of the longest cigar in the world, confessed that he was extremely excited about the preparations for the forum, designed by the company Tiendas Caracol SA and ready to begin next Tuesday the 23rd. .

He meant that the appointment represents a well-deserved recognition of his extensive and useful work as a 62-year-old worker in the tobacco sector, where he visited prestigious cigar factories such as La Corona, Romeo y Julieta and Partagás, and finally, the La Triada store, leader in sales of famous brands of cigars, rums and coffee.

The Cuban cigar ambassador also announced that at the event a Double Figurado tobacco about two meters and 20 centimeters long (made by hand with long filler) will be auctioned, which is considered the longest Diadema in the world.

He also said that he will teach a master class on cigar making that will have the support of his fellow cigar makers Leopoldina Gutiérrez “La China”, Juanita Ramos and José Luis Oña, who are also instructors, and the cigar-sommelier Richeyl Morín Rizo.

He also confessed that at the Castillo del Morro Lighthouse there will be pairings of tobacco and drinks, for which they invited Juan Jesús Machín, president of the Association of Sommeliers of Cuba (ASC), as well as a cigar rolling competition between guests and tourists.

Cueto also announced that both the official opening and gala dinner and the long-awaited auction of cigars and humidors will be held at the La Divina Pastora restaurant-bar of the Morro-Cabaña Military Historical Complex.

Finally he admitted that today he continues to work as a roller in the Triada and although the specialties he prefers to make are all, he continues creating the Salomón, Presidentes and Manolin, which are sold in the establishment with great acceptance.

For his part, Raciel García Cabeza, head of the store's Brigade, recalled that the event will be sponsored by Habanos SA, and the companies Havana Club International SA and the mixed company Ron Vigía SA, creator of the Black Tears brand. Black).

He noted that this first event will be dedicated to the history of Cuban tobacco in which lovers of Premium cigars will have a new opportunity to get closer to the best traditions of this national product of such prestige and acceptance in the world.

García Cabezas added that the first day of the program proposes the tasting of Habanos and high-end rums in the La Tríada store itself, where every day Cueto can be found rolling cigars and sharing his stories with visitors.

That day, the manager pointed out, you will also be able to enjoy the Nine O'clock Cannon Shot Ceremony, and on April 25, participants will enjoy the cigar rolling master class, the Make Your Own Tobacco competition, and a visit to the Morro lighthouse. and the Surtida de los Tinajones and a pairing of cigars and rum.

As a culmination, April 26 will arrive with a gala dinner at the La Divina Pastora restaurant, a musical show, awards and the long-awaited auction of Cuban cigars, which brings some surprises for the delegates and guests of the meeting.

Holder of five Guinness records for the longest cigars in the world, and 80 fruitful years of life, Cueto does not abandon his passion and continues as a cigar roller at the La Tríada store in the Morro-Cabaña Military Historical Park, in Havana.

In 2001 he established a first record with a cigar of 11.4 meters in length, and in 2003, he achieved another of 14.86 meters; which would be followed by one of 20.41 meters, in 2005, and then a fourth, in 2008, with 45.38 meters, until finally in 2011 he produced an impressive cigar that reached 81.80 meters in length, all certified by the prestigious London house