Although this honour sometimes is disputed, Cuba remains the producer of the richest cigars of the world. Experts nevertheless agree on the fact that the soils of the Vuelta Abajo, located in the north western part of Cuba, produce unique tobaccos.
Spread out around the town of Pinar Del Rio, the Vuelta Abajo enjoys a temperature, a hygrometry and soils which allow the culture of tobaccos of a luxuriant richness and a beautiful intensity.
It is generally admitted that the European history of cigars begins with the arrival of Christopher Columbus in Cuba in October 1492. As to the real origins, it is probably the natives of Yucatan who were the first to cultivate tobacco in Mexico well before the arrival of the conquistadores.
If Columbus was not himself an amateur of vitolas, European navigators were prompt to enjoy the cigars. The practice gained quickly in popularity in Spain, Portugal and then France. The french ambassador in Lisbon, Jean Nicot, not only praised the therapeutic virtues of the tobacco but on top gave his name to the famous plant. During the first years of the conquest of the Americas tobacco plants were discovered in Mexico, Cuba, and Colombia. Then other varieties were encountered in Brazil and Peru. In fact the seedlings of Peru were considered to be the best and, once transplanted in particular in Cuba, produced outstanding results.
As for the manufacture of cigars, it was for a long time under the monopoly of the crown of Spain, most production being located in the royal factories of Sevilla before Ferdinand II encouraged as of 1825 the manufacture of cigars in the colony of Cuba. Thereafter the Cuban cigar industry boomed on the island throughout the 19th century.
The revolution of 1959 led to the creation of a state monopoly "Tabacuba" and its commercial subsidiary company Habanos SA. Today Habanos SA markets the totality of the Cuban brands worldwide. We market only Cuban cigars produced and delivered by Habanos SA. | 
