Montecristo brand of cigars are produced in Cuba by Habanos SA, the state owned tobacco company. However, cigars of the same name are also produced in the Dominican Republic by Altadis, the Franco-Spanish tobacco monopoly. History of the Montecristo Alonso Menendez bought the Particulares Factory in July of 1935. Although the Byron brand of cigars…
Cuban brand cigars are famous all over the world, and right at the top of the list among cigar aficionados is the H. Upmann brand which dates all the way back to 1844. One of the most famous moments in the life this cigar was in 1961, on the evening before the American declaration of…
Two different premium cigar brands use the name Hoyo de Monterrey. One is produced for the tobacco company owned by the state, Habanos SA on the island of Cuba, and the other cigars using this brand are produced by the General Cigar Company in Honduras. The Cuban cigars use premium tobacco grown in the lush…
The Jose L Piedra brand cigar is a popular brand distributed and consumed domestically in Cuba and now also sold in global markets. The line is produced by machine and by hand in the regional Jose L Piedra cigar company in Santa Clara. This is one of the most inexpensive of all Cuban cigars and…
Cohiba Brand Cigars Cohiba is the flagship brand of Habanos. There are two distinct lines of the Cohiba – the medium to full flavored blend, Clasica, and the medium flavored line, 1492. The Clasica line was introduced between 1966 and 1989. The 1492 line was brought out in 1992 in celebration of the 500th anniversary…
Bolivar is the brand name of two premium cigars, one of which is produced in Cuba by Habanos SA. Habanos SA is a tobacco company owned by the Cuban government. The brand is named after Simon Bolivar, the famous South American revolutionary who freed much of the continent from Spanish rule. The Bolivar brand of…
Finding the perfect leaf to use for tobacco for cigars is one of the keys to having a truly special cigar. That is why Habanos does everything they can to make sure each cigar they offer is only using the best leaves available in all of Cuba. It is really just a matter of finding…
Processing Cuban tobacco leaf can take many months, and sometimes years, before the leaf is ready to be used in production for a cigar. The first step is perhaps the most crucial one that is taken. This is the air curing of the recently harvested tobacco leaves. It helps to remove all the moisture from…
Once the cigar has gone through the entire production process all that is left is the final presentation. For a Cuban cigar, this is just as important as any other stage of the process. No other cigar on the planet takes as much care when it comes to proper presentation and packaging. Cigars, based on…