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Gispert (cigar)
''Gispert'' (Spanish: ispet is the name of two premium cigar brands, one previously manufactured in Cuba for Habanos S.A., the Cuban state-owned tobacco company, and the other in Honduras for the Franco-Spanish tobacco monopoly Altadis S.A., a division of Imperial Tobacco. History Simón Veja Peláez began producing the Cuban Gispert cigar in the Pinar del Rio region of Cuba in 1940, using tobacco from the Vuelta Arriba. Initially, all vitolas (sizes) were handcrafted. Gispert cigars have generally been light-bodied and low in strength when compared to most Cuban brands. Following the 1959 Cuban Revolution, production of the Gispert brand was continued, first by Cubatabaco and then by Habanos S.A. at the Carlos Balio factory, which also produced the El Rey del Mundo brand. Sales declined over time, and by 1993, the original line of eleven vitolas launched in 1972 had been reduced to a few machine-made and hand-finished, machine-made sizes. By 2003, the brand accounted for appro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Habanos S
The term habano (Spanish for "from Havana") most often refers to Cuban cigars. It may also refer to: Cigar companies * Habanos S.A. See also *Habanero (other) *Habanera (other) Habanera (feminine form of the Spanish word ''habanero'', "from Havana") may refer to: Music *Habanera or contradanza, a style of Cuban popular dance music of the 19th century *''Habanera'', a work for violin and piano by Pablo de Sarasate, par ... {{disambiguation Demonyms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altadis Brands
Altadis is a Spanish-French multinational purveyor and manufacturer of cigarettes, tobacco and cigars. It was formed via a 1999 merger between Tabacalera, the former Spanish tobacco monopoly and , the former French tobacco monopoly. Through its international holdings, including ownership of the former Consolidated Cigar Holdings and half ownership of the Cuban state tobacco monopoly, Habanos S.A., Altadis was the largest producer of mass market and premium cigars in the world, as well as the fourth largest producer of tobacco products. The company was acquired by the British tobacco giant Imperial Tobacco (now Imperial Brands) in 2008, becoming a subsidiary of it. Company history French and Spanish state monopolies In 1926, France concentrated its tobacco industry into a single state-run monopoly called SEIT (). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |