Hoyo de Monterrey Cigars
Hoyo de Monterrey Pre-Revolution history Don Jose Gener y Batet was a Spaniard who immigrated to Cuba at the age of thirteen in 1831. He worked in his uncle plantation…
Punch Cigars
Punch cigars Pre-Revolution History The Punch brand was registered in 1840 by a German named Stockmann. The brand was very likely named after the character Mr. Punch of a very…
Romeo y Julieta Cigars
Romeo y Julieta cigars Pre-Revolution History It is believed that the brand Romeo y Julieta was first launched in the 1850s by Inocencio Alvarez Rodriguez and Jose ”Manin” Garcia Garcia.…
Montecristo Cigars
Montecristo cigars Pre-Revolution history Alonso Menendez was a wealthy Spaniard who had worked in the tobacco business in New York and Florida before going to Cuba in the early 1930s.…
Partagas Cigars
Partagas cigars Pre-Revolution history Don Jaime Partagas Ravelo was a Spaniard who came to Cuba and worked in the tobacco business in the early 19th Century. The Partagas factory is…
Bolivar cigars
Bolivar cigars Pre-Revolution history The brand was created circa 1900 by Jose Fernandez Rocha. The exact year cannot be found. Named after Simon Bolivar, the legendary figure who liberated most…
Cigar ash
The black, grey and white colour of cigar ash has been a hot topic on cigars. Whatever I have read or any explanations are offered for the different colours, I…
Vitolas
In Havana Cigars, vitolas refers to a specific shape, ring gauge and length when a cigar is made. Two cigars of the same vitola, no matter how they differ in…
Cohiba – a post Revolution cigar brand. Did you know?
Cohiba - a post Revolution cigar brand Bienvenido Pérez, popularly called ‘Chicho’, became the chief of Fidel Castro’s bodyguards after the Revolution. In 1963, Chicho offered him one fuma made…
Aging your cigars– things you should know
Like wines, cigars change in taste with time; although the aging period is measured in terms of decades, we cannot ‘place the cigars in humidors, lay them down for a…