Culebras Cigars
Culebras in Spanish means snakes. It comprises of three cigars twisted together tightly in a spiral fashion. It first appeared in Philippines circa mid-19th Century, a Philippines cigar industry invention.…
Sancho Panza Cigars
Sancho Panza cigars Pre-Revolution history The brand Sancho Panza was registered in 1848 by Don Emilio Olmstedt, a German who also created the El Rey del Mundo brand around the…
Vegas Robaina Cigars
Vegas Robaina cigars Pre-Revolution history This brand did not exist before the Revolution. Post-Revolution history Don Alejandro Robaina comes from a family of tobacco growers who settled in the region…
Cuaba Cigars
Cuaba cigars Pre-Revolution history This brand did not exist before the Revolution. Post-Revolution History The brand Cuaba specialties in figurado cigars. These cigars were once very popular before the Revolution,…
H. Upmann Cigars
H. Upmann cigars Pre-Revolution history In 1844 the Hupmann family emigrated from Britain to Cuba. The brothers Hermann and August opened the H. Upmann cigar factory located at 85 San…
Ramon Allones Cigars
Ramon Allones cigars Pre-Revolution history The brand Ramon Allones was registered by the brothers Antonio and Ramon Allones in the year 1845. The address was their La Eminencia Factory, located…
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.…