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The company's factory, La Tabacalera Alianza, is in the Dominican Republic. In 2014 Perez-Carrillo made the La Historia EIII, the No. 2 Cigar of the Year according to Cigar Aficionado magazine. [2] Then in 2018 the Carrillo cigar, Encore Majestic received the highest honor as No. 1 Cigar of the Year from Cigar Aficionado. [3]
La Gloria Cubana is the name of two premium cigar brands, one produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company, and the other produced in the Dominican Republic by El Credito Cigar Company for General Cigar Company, now a subsidiary of Swedish Match.
El Credito - Altadis: General Cigar Cuaba: Briones Montoto (Romeo y Julieta) factory in Havana Cuba Cuesta-Rey: J.C. Newman El Reloj Factory Dannemann: The German Dannemann GmbH and the Swiss company Burger Söhne shared the rights Machine-made in Germany Davidoff: Davidoff Imperial Tobacco: Diamond Crown: J.C. Newman Dominican Republic Diesel
In 1903, Eduardo Antonio León Jimenes (Guazumal, Tamboril, Santiago, 1884-1937) founded La Aurora, a cigar factory in the Dominican Republic. The factory was located in the community of Don Pedro, Guazumal, near Tamboril, which is now famous for its cigars. His father, Antonio Gavino León González (1848-1914), had purchased tobacco lands in ...
The Cohiba, a trademark now owned by Habanos S.A., was conceived in the factory in February 1967. [4] The varieties included Exquisitos, Lancero, Behike, and more. In the mid-to-late 1960s, one of Castro's bodyguards was noticed smoking a noticeably aromatic but unbranded cigar. After locating the cigar maker, Eduardo Ribera, it was agreed to establish t
The company moved cigar production from Cuba to Trenton in 1932 after a strike at the Cuban factory, and in order to avoid high tariffs. Brands produced at the plant included Henry Clay, Bock, La Corona, and Village Brands, among others, with Winston Churchill counted a faithful customer. At its peak in the 1930s the company produced a quarter ...
A distinctive second band was affixed to the cigars, bearing the inscription "Exclusivo Alemania" (Germany Exclusive). Cigar Aficionado's December 2006 edition featured its inaugural review of a Por Larrañaga cigar beyond its "Connoisseur's Corner." The chosen petit corona garnered a score of 91 out of 100 on the magazine's rating scale.
After Don Jaime's death, the Partagás & Co. factory was passed on to his son Jose Partagás. On May 6, 1871, Jose Partagás put out a public announcement introducing a patented design and trademark on their cigar boxes in response to the counterfeit cigars manufactured in the United States. [7] By 1886, the factory employed 425 cigar makers.