{"id":71842,"date":"2025-06-06T19:00:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T17:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/?p=71842"},"modified":"2025-06-06T19:04:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T17:04:36","slug":"the-xix-amicigar-weekend-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/the-xix-amicigar-weekend-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"The XIX AmiCigar Weekend in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

This 19th<\/sup> cigar weekend of AmiCigar was a luxurious escape for passionados and novices alike who seek to delve deeper into the art of cigar craftsmanship and enjoyment. This event combined refined leisure, education, and camaraderie, providing a perfect backdrop for those who appreciate the finer things in life.<\/p>\n

It started with smoking at the Hilton Molino Stucky, Venice, on May 29th<\/sup>, 2025 at their beautiful Skyline Rooftop bar, where 100 smokers from 25 different nations met (www.skylinebarvenice.it<\/a>). We smoked Saint Luis Rey La Cuna \u2013 Edicion Italia. During the afternoon we moved to Bassano del Grappa and we smoked the Por Larranaga Petit Coronas with a glass of Ferrari sparkling wines as after dinner.<\/p>\n

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Nostrano del Brenta cigar factory<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The next steps on Friday were a trip to the Nostrano del Brenta cigar factory (www.tabacchicoltorimontegrappa.it<\/a>) and a luncheon at the Bavarian Cornale restaurant (www.cornale.com<\/a>). There we had Partaga\u0301s Shorts and Ramo\u0301n Allones Specially Selected. The day ended with a buffet dinner in the heart of Bassano del Grappa at the Danieli restaurant (www.danielibassano.it<\/a>) with Bond Roberts Minutos and Dobles.<\/p>\n

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Reza Valibalouch of La Casa del Habano Antwerp was awarded the Hombre AmiCigar 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

On Saturday, May 31st<\/sup>, we visited the Montegrappa historical factory (www.montegrappa.com<\/a>) where we learned about the art of writing instruments and their history since 1912, followed by the AmiCigar Smoke with Partaga\u0301s Serie P No. 2 from 2005. We went to lunch at the Al Ponte restaurant (www.alpontedibassano.com<\/a>), which was as excellent as the Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 1. The final evening was celebrated at CA\u2019 7 restaurant (www.ca-sette.it<\/a>), where we had delicious food, drinks, a special raffle and many interesting conversations with the whole crowd. Alireza Valibalouch of La Casa del Habano Antwerp was awarded the Hombre AmiCigar 2025. The cigars included were Juan Lo\u0301pez Seleccio\u0301n No. 1, Vegas Robaina Famosos and Pin\u0303ar del Rio Varius.<\/p>\n

The trip ended with the bye bye brunch at the Palladio hotel (www.hotelpalladiobassano.com<\/a>) and a delicious Rafael Gonza\u0301les Lonsdale from 1995 was offered for the Heroic Lunch we had at the Diesel farm that Sunday (dieselfarm.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n


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Next year, the <\/span>possible <\/span>last AmiCigar event, will be held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, from April 23 to 26, 2026. <\/span>We\u2019ll see who takes over after Gino Ianillo\u2019s first 20 years. Thank you, Gino!<\/span><\/p>\n

www.amicigar.it<\/a><\/p>\n

The Hombre AmiCigar winners:
\n2009 Andrea Vincenzi
\n2010 Luigi Larocca
\n2011 Simon Chase
\n2012 Min Ron Nee
\n2013 Ajay Patel
\n2014 Robert Fox
\n2015 Larry Valeriano
\n2016 Nobuhiro Nakamura
\n2017 Alex Iapichino
\n2018 Roberto R. Pardal
\n2019 Magali de la Cruz
\n2020 & 2021 n\/a
\n2022 Christian\u00a0Fantinato
\n2023 Peter Dansky n Agnes Kylipatrick
\n2024 Reinhold Widmayer
\n2025 Alireza Valibalouch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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