Chapters: Habanos S.a. Brands, Cohiba, H. Upmann, Montecristo, Partagas, Romeo Y Julieta, Bolivar, Hoyo de Monterrey, Punch, Troya, Ramon Allones, Por Larranaga, Trinidad, El Rey Del Mundo, Guantanamera, Cuaba, La Gloria Cubana, Quai D'orsay, Vegas Robaina, Fonseca, San Cristobal de La Habana, Diplomaticos, Quintero, Vegueros. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 81. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Bolivar logoBolivar is the name of two brands of premium cigar, one produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company, and the other produced in the Dominican Republic from Dominican and Nicaraguan tobacco for General Cigar. Both are named for the South American revolutionary, Simon Bolivar .The Cuban-produced Bolivar cigars are very full-bodied and said to be some of the strongest produced in Cuba.History The brand was founded (possibly in Great Britain) by Jose F. Rocha around 1901 or 1902, though the brand was not registered in Havana (Cuba) until 1921, under the ownership of Rocha's firm, J.F. Rocha y Cia.During this time, the Bolivar brand produced the world's smallest cigar, the Delgado, measuring a mere 1 7/8 inches with a 20 ring gauge, and even had the honor of having a miniature box of its cigars featured in the royal nursery's dollhouse at Windsor Castle .The brand was bought in 1954 by Cifuentes y Cia after Rocha's death and production was moved to the famous Partagas Factory in Havana (today known as the Francisco Perez German factory), where many of its sizes are still produced today. During this time, under Cifuente's direction, Bolivar gained popularity in the world market and became a major export brand.After tobacco was nationalized following the Cuban Revolution, the Cifuentes family fled to the Dominican Republic, where the patron of the family, Ramon Cifuentes, ...
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