Category: Cuba & Heritage

Cuba & Heritage

The Story of Partagás: A Havana Icon Since 1845

Partagás is one of the oldest cigar brands in existence, established in Havana in 1845. Today, the name is used by two separate and competing entities: one produced in Cuba for the state-owned tobacco company Habanos S.A., and the other, made without Cuban tobacco, produced in the Dominican Republic for General Cigar Company, a subsidiary of Swedish Match. History The Catalan Don Jaume Partagás i Ravell (Arenys de Mar, 1816

Cuba & Heritage

Cohiba Behike at Fifteen: The Evolution of Cuba’s Most Exclusive Cigar

n 2010, after more than 40 successful years of Cohiba cigars, this novelty appeared, considered by experts as an excellent proposal for the market. Since the beginning of that year, it gradually began to spread and be marketed around the world. Behike was the fourth line of the famous Cohiba brand (Classic, 1492, Maduro and Behike), the most exclusive Cuban cigar of all times. It is now the centerpiece of