Sunday 20/02 | |
10.00-16.00 hrs. | Registration (Palacio de Convenciones) |
Monday 21/02 | |
09.00 hrs. | Registration (Palacio de Convenciones) |
9:30 -10:30 hrs. | Press conference. Handing out of the press dossier on the XIIIth Festival. * (Hall 3) (Palacio de Convenciones) |
10.30-17.00 hrs. | Preliminary International Habanosommelier Contest. (Hall 5) ** |
14:00 hrs. | Trade Fair opening |
14.30 hrs. | Preliminary Habanos/Cuban Rums alliance (Hall 6) ** |
19:00 hrs. |
Welcoming evening at “Gran Teatro de la Habana”. Concert: “Leo Brouwer. Essential” with music composed and conducted by the famous Cuban composer and musician Leo Brouwer, winner of a 2010 LatinGrammy. |
20:30 hrs. | Welcoming cocktail party dedicated to the Partagás brand at “The Sala Carpentier”. * For the accredited press and Exclusive Distributors **Invitation required |
Tuesday 22/02 | |
07.00 hrs. | Visit to plantations |
10.00 hrs. | Preliminary blind tasting of Habanos with the participation of factory tasters, sommeliers and aficionados (Hall 6)** ** Invitation required |
Wednesday 23/02 | |
10.00-10.15 hrs. | Opening of the International Seminar (Hall 4) |
10.15-11.15 hrs. | Master Lecture: “Origin and Evolution of Aluminium Tubes for Habanos”. Simon Chase (Hall 4) |
11.15-11.45 hrs. | Coffee Break |
11.45-13.15 hrs. | Master class on the technique of rolling a Habano. Making a Belicoso. (Hall 3) |
13.15-14.45 hrs. | Lunch at “El Bucán” restaurant. |
15.00-16.30 hrs. |
Flavors and Aromas: Marriages of Habanos with coffee, brandy, wines, and other products. ( Halls 3,5,6,7). |
19.30 | H. Upmann Evening: “El Laguito” |
Thursday 24/02 | |
09.00-12.00 hrs. | Visit to Habanos factories Patagás and H.Upmann. |
12.30-14.00 hrs. | Lunch at “El Bucán” restaurant |
14.00-15:30 hrs. | Final Blind tasting of Habanos.(Hall 4) |
15:30-17:00 hrs. | Final Habanos/Cuban rums alliance (Hall 3) |
Friday 25/02 | |
9:30-11:00 hrs. | Final International Habanosommelier Contest (Hall 3) |
11:00-11:30 hrs. | Coffee break |
11:30-12:30 hrs. | Cuban cacao: perfect combination for after-dinner chat. Cuban chocolates and /Habanos marriage.(Hall 4) |
12:30- 13.00 hrs. | Closing of the Seminar and Trade Fair (Hall 4) Awarding ceremony:
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13:00 hrs. | Lunch at “El Bucán” restaurant |
19:00 hrs. | Montecristo Gala Evening: PABEXPO. Hall C |
XIII Festival del Habano
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