{"id":69727,"date":"2024-12-11T10:31:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T09:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/?p=69727"},"modified":"2024-12-11T10:51:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T09:51:25","slug":"santa-rita-boisdale-awards-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/santa-rita-boisdale-awards-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Rita Boisdale Awards 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Monday 2nd December, friends from all around the world gathered to celebrate one of the most prestigious Cigar Awards events. Now in its twelfth year it is the greatest cigar awards party in the UK. (Photo: Ranald Macdonald, Managing Director of Boisdale)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The awards ceremony was hosted by Tom Parker Bowles and Ranald Macdonald. The charity auction on the evening raised a total of \u00a355,000. Guests came together to pay homage to the cigar with the great and good of the cigar world, global film and pop stars, writers, business leaders, politicians and the London commentariat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guests included: Jack Churchill, Piers Morgan, Ray Winstone, Paul Oakenfold, Niall Keating, Kelsey Grammer, Tamer Hassan, Viscount Hereford, Omar Lye-Fook, Cuban Ambassador Her Excellency B\u00e1rbara Montalvo \u00c1lvarez, James Cosmo and Lord Carnarvon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sold-out black-tie event included a Boisdale Premier Cru Champagne, Flor de Cana 18yr rum and Highclere Castle Gin cocktail reception, a delicious three course dinner with stunning\u00a0wines from Santa Rita and Vina Carmen as well as wonderful entertainment from Susan Black and her phenomenal Edith Piaf Show and Ladyva performing her world-renowned Boogie\u00a0Woogie on the Yamaha Grand Piano.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See link to the program for the itinerary, menu, wines, cigars and sponsors <u><\/u><a href=\"https:\/\/boisdale.egnyte.com\/dl\/Kzy1DNgAMp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Santa Rita Boisdale Cigar Smoker of the Year Awards Winners 2024:<br \/>\nCigar Communicator of the year: Ana Lopez, Head of Marketing, Hunter\u2019s &amp; Frankau<br \/>\nCigar Sommelier of the Year: Blue Curran of The Emory<br \/>\nCigar Producer of the Year: Plasencia Cigars, Nicaragua<br \/>\nCigar Newcomer of The Year: Casa 1910 Revolutionary Edition Cuchillo Parado Robusto, Mexico<br \/>\nRobusto of the Year: Davidoff Grand Cru Robusto, Dominican Republic<br \/>\nChurchill of the Year: Romeo &amp; Julieta Wide Churchill, Cuba<br \/>\nCigar of the Year: EP Carrillo Encore Majestic, Nicaragua<br \/>\nCigar Spirit of the Year: Tomintoul Cigar Malt<br \/>\nCigar Chef of the Year: Niall Keating<br \/>\nCigar Sportsperson of the Year: David Haye<br \/>\nCigar Musician of the Year: Paul Oakenfold<br \/>\nCigar Smoker of the Year: Piers Morgan<br \/>\nCigar Lifetime Achievement: Mitchell Orchant<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jack Churchill, great grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, presided over the charity auction on the\u00a0evening, which raised \u00a355,000. 100% of proceeds will go to charities including: The International Churchill Society,\u00a0Sovereign Art Foundation &amp; Lord of The Isles Galley Charitable Trust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday 2nd December, friends from all around the world gathered to celebrate one of the most prestigious Cigar Awards events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":69728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[49,72,44],"tags":[9561],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69727"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69732,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69727\/revisions\/69732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}