We got our tour of the General Cigar booth started with a stop at the La Gloria Cubana section. Yuri Guillen was ready with a big smile and details about the new “white box” La Gloria Cubana Esteli. It’s a budget friendly cigar retailing from $4.99 to $6.99 and features a blend of Nicaraguan and […]
IPCPR 2017: La Gloria Cubana
This we talked to Yuri Guillen about the latest developments with La Gloria Cubana. If he looks familiar to you, you might be remembering him from part two of our General Cigar Factory Tour from earlier this year. Yuri is the production manager for the vast General Cigar factory in the Dominican Republic. At IPCPR […]
General Cigar Factory Tour 2017 Part 2
Now that we’ve explored the farm, and gotten an in-depth look at the long, involved process tobacco goes through on it’s way to becoming a cigar, it’s time for photogenic part of the tour. The part everyone thinks about when they hear “cigar factory tour” – the bunching, rolling and packaging of the finished product. […]