La Gloria Cubana (cigar brand)

La Gloria Cubana (cigar brand)

La Gloria Cubana is the name of two premium cigar brands, one produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company, and other produced in the Dominican Republic and Miami, Florida by El Credito for General Cigar.

History

The La Gloria Cubana brand was created in 1885 by the Sociedad Cabañas y Castro, then bought twenty years later in 1905 by José F. Rocha, who manufactured the brand from his factory at 364 Miguel Street in Havana. After Rocha's death in 1954, the Cifuentes family bought both La Gloria Cubana and Bolivar from Rocha's former company. Production was moved to the Partagás Factory, where it's still produced today, and became very popular as an export brand.

After the Revolution, it seems that production of La Gloria Cubana ceased for several years, until around 1965 when the brand was apparently resurrected at the Partagás Factory. It is produced in smaller quantities than other brands and maintains its popularity with connoisseurs, the Médaille d'Or No. 2 being a particularly prized vitola.

La Gloria Cubana also produces two machine-made cigarillos: the Mini and the Purito.

"Vitolas" in the La Gloria Cubana Line

The following list of "vitolas" (sizes) within the La Gloria Cubana line lists their measurements in English and metric, their "vitolas de galera" (factory name), and their conventional name in American cigar slang.

"Hand-Made Vitolas"
* Taíno - 7" x 47 (178 x 18.65 mm) Julieta, a churchill
* Médaille d'Or No. 1 - 7 1/4" x 36 (185 x 14.29 mm) Delicado Extra, a long panetela
* Médaille d'Or No. 2 - 6 3/4" x 43 (170 x 17.07 mm) Dalia, a lonsdale
* Médaille d'Or No. 3 - 6 7/8" x 28 (175 x 11.11 mm) Panetela Larga, a slim panetela
* Médaille d'Or No. 4 - 6" x 32 (152 x 12.70 mm) Palmita, a panetela

References

* Nee, Min Ron - "An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Post-Revolution Havana Cigars" (2003, Reprinted: 2005), ISBN 3-9809308-2-3

See also

* Cigar brands

External links

* [http://www.habanos.com Official website of Habanos S.A.]
* [http://www.cigars-review.org/cigars/Gloria-Cubana.htm Reviews of La Gloria Cubana Cigars]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Partagás (cigar brand) — A box of Cuban made Partagás Shorts. Partagás is among the oldest extant brands of cigars, established in Havana in 1845. The name is used today by two independent and competing entities, one produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA, the… …   Wikipedia

  • Partagas (cigar brand) — Partagás 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, Mexican, and Cameroon tobacco for… …   Wikipedia

  • Cigar — For other uses, see Cigar (disambiguation). From the Spanish cigarro cigar , which was perhaps derived from the Spanish cigarra cicada (OED) …   Wikipedia

  • General Cigar Company — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …   Wikipedia

  • List of cigar brands — This is an alphabetical list of cigar brands. Included is information about the company owning the brand name as well as a column allowing easy viewing of the source of that information. If a brand name begins with the English word The or its… …   Wikipedia

  • Anexo:Marcas de cigarros — Este artículo o sección necesita referencias que aparezcan en una publicación acreditada, como revistas especializadas, monografías, prensa diaria o páginas de Internet fidedignas. Puedes añadirlas así o avisar …   Wikipedia Español

  • Marcas de cigarros — Anexo:Marcas de cigarros Saltar a navegación, búsqueda En la lista de marcas de cigarros, en aquellos casos donde dos marcas de cigarros tengan el mismo nombre pero de sean de diferentes países, se mencionara solamente al original. (e.g.,… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Partagás (marca de puro cubano) — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Cigarros Partagás. De izquierda a derecha: 1. Serie D n.°4, 2. Partagás n.°1, 3. 8 9 8 Varnished, 4. Lusitania Partagás es una marca de cigarros (puros) cubana perteneciente a la compañía nacional Habanos S.A.… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Swedish Match — AB Type Publicly traded Aktiebolag Traded as OMX: SWMA …   Wikipedia

  • Havana — This article is about the capital of Cuba. For other uses, see Havana (disambiguation). Havana   City   La Habana …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”