Cigar Book - S - Z

Refers to a round-sided box specifically designed to accommodate three rows of cigars-- eight on top, nine in the middle, eight on the bottom. Made famous by Partagas 8-9-8, where the cigars are presented in layers of 8 on the top, 9 in th... more

Havanas and other fine cigars are delicate products that develop and mature if stored in the right conditions. Their flavours become rounder and mellower with time. Furthermore a handmade cigar must be in perfect condition at the time of s... more

by Simon Chase Simon Chase is the Marketing Director of UK cigar importers Hunters & Frankau and has over 25 years experience within the premium cigar industry. He has won the Habanos Man of the Year Award (1998), raised nearly $5 mill... more

Date Founded 1999 Flavour Light/Medium Sizes 4 Filler Long Made By Hand San Cristobal de la Habana was the original name of Havana, Cuba’s capital city, when it was founded in 1519; San Cristobal (St. Chtristopher) in honour of Columbus... more

Date Founded 1848 Flavour Medium Sizes 5 Filler Long Made By Hand Like other great Habano brands, such as Montecristo and Romeo y Julieta, Sancho Panza takes its name from a master piece of world literature. In Don Quixote, the famous 17t... more

1. The History The name Santa Damiana originates from Cuba where, before the 1959 revolution, it was a Havana brand owned by an American company. It was named after one of the most famous plantations in the Vuelta Abajo tobacco region. The... more

Seco: Medium-flavoured, the most important leaf for aroma - Fortaleza 2 (Strength 2). The Seco leaf forms part of the bunch, which makes up the filler for Habanos along with the Volado and Ligero leaves. Seco comes from the middle of the s... more

The other tobacco region in the west of Cuba, where barely one percent of the tobacco growing land is used for producing Habanos binder and filler leaves. It also has good soil for producing seeds. However the area employed for Habanos is... more

The extraordinary labour of shade-grown tobacco. Every leaf in a Habano is Tabaco Negro Cubano – native Cuban Black Tobacco – directly descended from the plants that Columbus first discovered here more than five hundred years ago. Two... more

Within the factories of Cuba one of the most important, and highest paid, roles is that of the Escogedores - colour graders. these colour graders divide the completed cigars into over 60 different shades to ensure all the cigars within a ... more