The annual dinner and awards for the Association of Independent Cigar Specialists (AICS) were held at Boisdale in Belgravia last night and a great evening was had by all especially as we were enjoying UK exclusive regional edition Punch Serie D'Oro no.1 which are just incredible smokes. In fact the more the mature the better they become.

Some 30 supplier and retailer members enjoyed relaxing on the cigar terrace and then a splendid meal in the conservatory with some great live jazz in the background.

As Chairman of the AICS it was my pleasure together with membership secretary Guy Hancock, to hand out the annual awards which included two for my staff from Turmeaus Tobacconist shops in Chester ( Fiona- long service to industry award) and Liverpool ( Christine- Customer Service Award) so they received a beautiful certificate as well as a bundle of shopping vouchers which put a very large smile on their faces :-)

The Cigar Specialist award went to Eddie Sahakian of Davidoff and the Supplier award went to Gift International- well done chaps ! Thanks to Boisdale for a fabulous evening....as ever

We believe that our members represent the cream of the specialist cigar merchant and retail clients are best served by experts for this fine product

A list of our members is on our home page which is being updated constantly

Looking forward to next years AICS bash !

Mitchell Orchant
Chairman
Association of Independent Cigars Specialists

Christine from Turmeaus Liverpool with her Customer Service award	Fiona from Turmeaus Tobacconist Chester with her Long Service Award	Juan with his splendid cut glass award
Juan from Gift International receives his Supplier award from Guy Hancock	Eddie Sahakian with his splendid cut glass retailers award	Edward Sahakian of Davidoff
Mitchell and Michelle of C.Gars Ltd	Michael Adler of Cadogan and Guy Hancock of Decent Cigar Emporium	Dinner at Boisdale
Cigar terrace at Boisdale	Christine from Liverpool and Fiona from Chester	Amanda from Tor and Edward Sahakian of Davidoff
	Punch Serie D'Oro no.1 - UK exclusive regional edition