Inauguration of smoking area in local restaurant

The club "Il TOSCANO: Tradizione in Garfanana" and two expert sommeliers from FISAR were called upon by the Hotel and Restaurant Ludovico Ariosto of Castelnuovo Garfanana, Italy to help with the inauguration and testing of their new fully air-conditioned smoking and dining area. As the members lit up the room with a pre dinner delicate and aromatic "Toscanelli" a few devoted passive smokers took deep pilfering breaths in a vain attempt to join us in this cigar relishing moment. The first test was a success, the air conditioning was doing its job wonderfully, not even a whiff managed to escape and hence, if those miserly passives wanted to delight with the rest of us, then they would have to procure and smoke their own cigars for once.

The evening continued at a very civilised and leisurely pace with some deliciously prepared unhurried food and expertly harmonised wine. In-between courses and in anticipation to the really big test event some members teased the aeration system by indulging in the more conventional but less challenging smoking tests.

Finally the big moment had arrived, the president of the club Francesco Bertoncini presented the hotel Ludovico Ariosto a plaque to commemorate this historic occasion and then gave way to the final testing session. Paolo from the Tabaccheria Paolini carefully opened the elegant wooden box containing standard issue fully loaded Toscano cigars and gave one to each of the 50 strong testing squad


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