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Vegueros (cigar brand)
Encyclopedia
Vegueros is the name of a brand of premium cigar
s, produced on the island of Cuba
for Habanos SA
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of Cuba began producing cigars for domestic consumption, along with the cigarette
s it had been producing for years. These cigars were commonly rolled for national banquets and other public affairs and became colloquially known as Vegueros, after the farmers and field hands that work on Cuba's tobacco
and sugar cane plantations. The first people outside of Cuba to become acquainted with these cigars were tourists on sight-seeing trips out to Cuba's cigar tobacco-growing regions. In 1997, Habanos SA launched the cigars for export.
Hand-made Vitolas
Cigar
A cigar is a tightly-rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco that is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the mouth. Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities in Brazil, Cameroon, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Indonesia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Philippines, and the Eastern...
s, produced on the island of Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
for Habanos SA
Habanos SA
Habanos S.A. is the arm of the Cuban state tobacco company, Cubatabaco, that controls the promotion, distribution, and export of Cuban cigars and other tobacco products worldwide. The word habanos means literally from Havana, and is the word used in the Spanish-speaking world for Havana cigars...
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History
In 1961, the Francisco Donatién Factory in the Pinar del Río ProvincePinar del Río Province
Pinar del Río is one of the provinces of Cuba. It is at the western end of the island of Cuba.-Geography:The Pinar del Río province is Cuba's westernmost province and contains one of Cuba's three main mountain ranges, the Cordillera de Guaniguanico, divided into the easterly Sierra del Rosario and...
of Cuba began producing cigars for domestic consumption, along with the cigarette
Cigarette
A cigarette is a small roll of finely cut tobacco leaves wrapped in a cylinder of thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end and allowed to smoulder; its smoke is inhaled from the other end, which is held in or to the mouth and in some cases a cigarette holder may be used as well...
s it had been producing for years. These cigars were commonly rolled for national banquets and other public affairs and became colloquially known as Vegueros, after the farmers and field hands that work on Cuba's tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
and sugar cane plantations. The first people outside of Cuba to become acquainted with these cigars were tourists on sight-seeing trips out to Cuba's cigar tobacco-growing regions. In 1997, Habanos SA launched the cigars for export.
Vitolas in the Vegueros line
The following list of vitolas de salida (commercial vitolas) within the Vegueros marque lists their size and ring gauge in Imperial (and Metric), their vitolas de galera (factory vitolas), and their common name in American cigar slang.Hand-made Vitolas
- Especial No. 1 - 7½" × 38 (191 × 15.08 mm), Laguito No. 1, a long panetela
- Especial No. 2 - 6" × 38 (152 × 15.08 mm), Laguito No. 2, a panetela
- Mareva - 5⅛" × 42 (130 × 16.67 mm), Mareva, a petit corona
- Seoane - 4⅞" × 33 (124 × 13.10 mm), Seoane, a small panetela