cigar life
Founding Romeo y Julieta is a brand of premium hand made Cuban cigars produced by Habanos SA. Romeo y Julieta came into being in 1875. Inocencio Alvarez and Mannin Garcia started Romeo y Julieta. For the next twenty-five years Alvarez and Garcia produced award winning cigars under the Romeo y Julieta brand. In 1903, Jose [...]
The following are arguably the three most famous cigar brands in history. Their names have become almost synonymous with the word cigar. They all have a similar history and have benefitted from clever marketing and alertness to the circumstances around them and ability to adapt. There are others that may rival these for most famous, [...]
Image via Wikipedia Famous cigars, as used here, refers to the best known cigars in the world. Some of these famous cigars include Cohiba, Romeo y Julieta, Macanudo, and CAO. The name recognition of certain famous cigars is much better than other lesser known non famous cigars brands. Brand name vs. Boutique Cigars But does [...]
History of Dominican Cigar Brands Dominican tobacco has been smoked for all of recorded American history. When explorers landed on the island of Hispaniola they found the natives smoking wild tobacco. As a little brother to Cuban Cigar brands, Dominican Cigar brands grew up in the shadow of the greatly successful Cuban brands. However, the [...]
My wife and I recently had a baby. This forced me to evaluate a little known or rated corner of the cigar world, It’s a boy / girl cigars. There is a wide range of choices available from cheap to expensive. Here are our top 5 recommendations: Davidoff It’s a boy cigars and It’s a [...]
The phrase “cheap cigars” can mean many different things. To most retail tobacconists (cigar shops) there are 3 main levels of cheap cigars. Domestic cigars are the lowest level of cheap cigars (i.e. swisher sweets, black and mild etc.). The mid level of cheap cigars is bundled premium hand rolled cigars. And the final highest [...]
