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Cigars
Montecristo Premium Cigars
Montecristo 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 for the Franco-Spanish tobacco
monopoly Altadis SA.
The Montecristo brand was created in 1935 by Menéndez,
García y Cía. The name for the brand was inspired by the
Alexandre Dumas, père novel The Count of Monte Cristo,
which was supposedly a very popular choice among the
torcedores (cigar rollers) in their factory to have read by
the lector on the rolling floor.
Website: www.montecristo.com
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Dunhill British American Tobacco
Dunhill cigars were produced in Cuba by Cubatabaco for
Alfred Dunhill of London from 1982 to 1991, in various
countries afterwards, and are now owned by British American
Tobacco.
In 1907, Alfred Dunhill opened his first tobacco shop on Duke
Street, London. Before the Cuban Revolution, Dunhill had
numerous distribution and marketing agreements with
several Cuban cigar manufacturer, selling exclusive and
hard to find brands.
Website: www.dunhill.com
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