Top 5 Cigar Brands

This cigar is currently one of the best-selling brands in the country.

The best cigars in the world come from only a few countries: the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Nicaragua and Honduras.

Also the cigar makers of Mexico and Brazil have made great strides in recent years and their offerings are definitely worthy of your cigar humidor.

A cigar is a firmly rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco which is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the smoker's mouth. The English cigar comes from the Spanish cigarro, which in turn derives from the Mayan word for tobacco, siyar. Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities in Cameroon, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Sumatra, the Philippines, and the Eastern United States.

The best tobacco in the world come from only a few countries: the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Nicaragua and Honduras.

Cuban cigars are considered to be the best. Many experts believe that the best offerings from the Nicaragua, Dominican Republic and Honduras rival those from Cuba. Many of Cuba's top cigar makers have left for other cigar making countries and brought their Cuban seeds with them.

Cuban cigars are rolled from tobacco leaves found throughout the country of Cuba. The filler, binder, and wrapper may come from different portions of the island. All cigar production in Cuba is controlled by the Cuban government, and each brand may be rolled in several different factories in Cuba. Cuban cigar torcedores are highly respected in Cuban society and culture and travel worldwide displaying their art of hand rolling cigars.

Montecristo is the name of two brands of premium cigar, one produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos SA - Cuban state-owned tobacco company, and the other produced in La Romana, Dominican Republic for the Franco-Spanish tobacco monopoly Altadis SA.

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 cigar rollers in their factory to have read by the lector on the rolling floor.

Cohíba is a brand for two kinds of premium cigar, one produced in Cuba for Habanos SA and the other produced in the Dominican Republic for General Cigar. The name Cohíba derives from the Taino word for "tobacco". The Cuban brand is filled with top-quality tobacco which, unique to Cohiba, has undergone an extra fermentation process. It is a type as well as a brand.

Cohíba was originally a private brand supplied exclusively to Fidel Castro and high level Cuban government and communist party officials. Often given as diplomatic gifts, the Cohíba brand gradually developed a "cult" status. It was released commercially for sale to the public in 1982.

Romeo y Julieta is the name of two brands of premium cigar, one produced for Habanos SA and the other produced for Altadis SA.

The Romeo y Julieta marque was well-known in 1875 by Inocencio Alvarez and Mannin Garcia. The brand is named for the Shakespeare tragedy, Romeo and Juliet.

Between 1885 and 1900, the brand won many awards at different tasting. Nevertheless, the brand was acquired by Jose Rodriguez Fernandez, former head of the Cabañas factory in Havana, and his firm, Rodríguez, Argüelles y Cia, in 1903. Being a very cosmopolitan man, Rodriguez traveled across Europe and the Americas promoting his brand escorted by his horse named Julieta.

The Arturo Fuente Cigar is considered to be the finest brand worldwide. It is the top selling cigar brand in the U.S.A and this family based company of four generations produces nearly 24 million cigars every year.

There is a vast range of price and quality that encompass the Fuente product line. Fuente cigars provide smokers with a vast range of sizes as well, spanning from the tiny cigarillo to the giant presidente. The Fuente family also is known for quality control as well. The Fuente family packs their boxes with an advanced humidification device that helps to ensure the stability and freshness of the end product.