What are Partagas cigars?
Partagas cigars are two brands of premium cigars. The first Partagas factory was opened in Havana, Cuba in 1845, and is still in operation under the auspices of Habanos, SA, a Cuban state owned by tobacco. The second Partagas factory was opened in 1978 in the Dominican Republic and produces cigars for cigarette general. The history of well -known Partagas cigars is inseparably associated with the history of the Cuban Revolution.
Partagas Factory in Havana was the main competitor on the international market of cigars before the Cuban Revolution in 1959 and remains today, despite international business sanctions against Cuba selected US and some other countries. In 1958, the factory was the second largest exporter of Cuban cigars, which represented about one quarter of all tobacco exports around the world.
After the Cuban Revolution, there was a factory that caused the Partagas cigars to be nationalized to Habanos, SA. The new government of Fidel Castro was offered by the participant of the gas, the Ramon Cifuents, theThe importance of leading the state operation, but refused and fled from his family. Habanos, SA, continues to produce cigars bearing a party and other names of Cuban cigars.
The original factory in Havana is a popular tourist destination. After a multi -year break, he opened the cigarettes factory for cigars under the name Partagas in Jamaica and then in the Dominican Republic. The Havana factory, which produces Cuban cigars of Partagas, uses cubic tobacco and craft techniques to produce Partagas cigars. The Dominican factory uses tobacco grown in the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Cameroon.
This color history is part of what Partagas does cigars some of the world's most famous and popular brands in the world. Among the most popular are the series D no. Four Lonsdales, which is now interrupted, Lusitanias and Shorts. It is an important to acknowledge that Cuban has produced Partagas cigars and Dominican produced a cigarPartagas different products, even if they bear the same name. Cuban cigars are highly valued, but in the United States they are illegal for sale due to a business embarge against Cuban products. It is also illegal to buy Partagas cigars in other countries and bring them to the US