Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Arturo Fuente cigar brand was born in 1912 in West Tampa, Florida. [1] The brand was launched by a 24-year-old Cuban émigré named Arturo Fuente (November 18, 1887 – February 11, 1973) as A. Fuente & Co. [2] Fuente had come to the United States in 1902, leaving his hometown of Güines, Cuba in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War.
Fuente Fuente OpusX is the premier cigar line in the Arturo Fuente Cigar family. [1][2] Made by Tabacalera A. Fuente, this cigar is consistently ranked as the single most sought-after cigar in the world by Cigar Aficionado and the line is held by many to be the greatest cigar in history to date. [3] The cigars are rare and can be difficult to ...
Tabacalera Fuente Dominican Republic Fuente Fuente Opus X: Arturo Fuente Made by Tabacalera A. Fuente Fumadores: premium cigar blended and made by José "Pepin" García Game Swedish Match: Garcia Y Vega Swedish Match: Gispert: 1. Habanos S.A.; 2. Altadis: Former Cuban cigar now produced in Honduras La Gloria Cubana: 1. Habanos S.A.; 2. General ...
Villiger Sons (officially Villiger Sons Ltd. [1]) is a Swiss multinational concern which manufactures and sells cigars and cigarillos and other tobacco products. Founded in 1888, the company is family owned and managed in the third, respectively fourth generation, [2] and employs over 1,500 people worldwide.
Cigar Aficionado magazine debuted in the fall of 1992, launched in New York City by Marvin R. Shanken, longtime publisher of Wine Spectator magazine. Prior to launching the publication, Shanken engaged in extensive market research, collecting more than 1,300 four-page surveys of cigar smokers which detailed their occupation, income, net worth, travel tendencies, as well as their drinking and ...
Oliva Cigar Co. is the manufacturer of several brands of cigars primarily grown and produced in Nicaragua and sold internationally. Melanio Oliva began growing tobacco in Pinar del Río, Cuba, in 1886. In 1964, in the aftermath of the 1959 Cuban Revolution, Melanio's grandson Gilberto Oliva emigrated with his family to Spain before eventually ...
J.C. Newman Cigar Company was established in 1895 and is the oldest family-owned premium cigar maker in the United States. [1] It was founded in Cleveland, Ohio by Julius Caeser Newman, a Hungarian immigrant. The business relocated to a historic 1910 cigar factory (Regensburg cigar factory) in the Cigar City of Ybor City, Florida in 1954.
Arturo Fuente, a large cigar manufacturer based in the Dominican Republic, has also manufactured figurados in exotic shapes ranging from chili peppers to baseball bats and American footballs. They are highly collectible and extremely expensive, when available to the public.