Cigar meets wine

Smoke rises slow spreading the smell of Cuban tobacco. The fruity bubbles go down into the throat in an unusual alchemy of flavours.


This and much more happens on 19th September in the courtyard of the Sforza Castle of Dozza, where the Enoteca Regionale Emilia Romagna and the Sigarando Cigar Club of Bologna organize the evening "Cigar meets Wine".

From 8:45 pm, the annual appointment with the cigar in the courtyard of the fortress will give you the opportunity to appreciate the Partagas Series E n. 2 "Robusto Extra" of the prestigious factory in Havana. A cigar of generous measures (diameter 54/60 of an inch and length 140 mm), similar, but not identical, to those of the classic Series D4, the famous "Robusto" (diameter 50/60 of an inch and length 124 mm), that best express the typical aromas of the brand.

During the evening, the food critics Marco Tonelli and Paolo Trevisani, together with Stefano Minoia of Diadema Spa, which imports cigars for tasting, will explain the various steps of the production, telling the story of rolled tobacco, and will introduce the main types, including some hints of niche cigars. There will also be the explanation of the techniques of ignition and smoking and of the criteria of organoleptic analysis, useful to experience for yourself the pleasure of slow smoking.

The tasting includes the combination of a cigar to three excellent Emilian "bubbles": the classic method sparkling wines of Cantina della Volta. To describe the three wines and to guide the tasting will be the winery manager Maurizio Manzoni.

Reservation is required.
Tasting of a Cuban cigar and of three paired wines, Euro 25.

For information and reservations
tel 0039 - 0542 678089 e-mail info@enotecaemiliaromagna.it