List of cigar brands
In those cases where two or more brands from different countries bear the same name, the one mentioned is the original one (e.g., Montecristo is listed under Cuba, although there exists a Dominican and a Mexican brand with the same name).
- Dona Flor
- Alonzo Menendez
- Angelina
- Dannemann and Dannemann Artist Line
- Le Cigar
- Aquarius
- Augusta (very difficult to find, once this brand is not sold in tobaccos shops, only in restaurants and coffes shops)
- DaMata
- Dom Porfirio
- Quiteria
- Siboney (a brazilian cigar made with mexican and equatorian tobacco, is a new brand, very strong flavour compared with smoth brazilian cigars)
- Caravelas
- Delectados
- Suerdieck
- Bolivar- named in honour of Simón Bolívar
- Cohiba - named so after the native Cuban word for the verb "to smoke". This famed brand was Fidel's choice in the 70s and 80s. Initially developed by Avelino Lara now of Graycliff in Nassau.
- El Rey del Mundo
- Hoyo de Monterrey
- La Gloria Cubana
- Montecristo - named in honour of Alexandre Dumas, from his novel The Count of Monte Cristo. The brand's logo includes swords (epées) like the ones employed by the King's men in The Three Musketeers, also a Dumas novel.
- Partagas - after company founder Don Jaime Partagas.
- Punch - named after the British humour magazine.
- Romeo y Julieta - the name comes from the Spanish translation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Favored by Winston Churchill.
- San Cristobal de la Habana - this was the original name of the city of Havana when it was founded by the Spanish.
- Sancho Panza - the name comes from a character in Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote.
- Vegas Robaina - named after Alejandro Robaina. A vega is a tobacco plantation in Cuba. The only Cuban cigar named after a living person.
- H. Upmann - one of the least expensive, high-quality cigars in Cuba. Both the choice of Ernesto "Che" Guevara and Fidel Castro.
- Quintero
- Trinidad - originally available in only one size (the Fundador), now four vitolas are available.
- Cuaba
- Fonseca
- Diplomaticos
- Vegueros
- Juan Lopez
- Quai d'Orsay - named after the French Foreign Office (located in Paris at the Quai d'Orsay). This brand is dedicated to the French market exclusively, and is known (and appreciated) for its smoothness
- Arturo Fuente - after the founder of the company.
- Ashton
- AVO - after company founder, former jazz pianist Avo Uvezian.
- Bolivar
- Casa Blanca
- Cohiba
- Cuesta-Rey
- Davidoff
- Dominique
- Don Diego
- Don Sebastian
- Dunhill
- El Credito
- La Gloria Cubana
- J.R. Tobacco
- Juan Clemente
- Los Libertadores
- Macanudo
- Montecruz
- Nat Sherman
- Partagas
- Paul Garmiriam
- Primo Del Rey
- El Rico Habano
- Royal Jamaican
- The Griffin's
- Troya
- Aliados
- Baccarat
- CAO
- Don Lino
- Don Mateo
- Don Tomas
- El Rey del Mundo
- Encanto
- Habana
- Helix
- Hoyo de Monterrey
- Las Cabrillas
- Punch
- Sancho Panza
- Thomas Hinds
- Zino
- Flor de Copan
- Flor de Selva
- Hoja de Mexicali
- Hoja de Oro
- Matacan
- Te-Amo - The name means "I love you" in Spanish.
- Flor de Jalapa
- Padron
- Joya de NIcaragua
- Perdomo
- Benedit
- Don Pablo
- Garcia Y Vega
- La Gloria Cubana
External links
http://www.cigargroup.com/cigardb.htm
See also: List of fictional cigars