Juan López (cigar)

Juan López is the name of a cigar brand produced on the island of Cuba for Habanos S.A., the Cuban state-owned tobacco company.

History

In 1876, Juan López Sena (aka Juan López Diaz) created the Juan López brand.[1] producing cigars in Havana on Calle de Los Dragones.[2] In 1908, the brand was passed to his heirs and was then sold to the Sociedad Cosme Del Peso y Cía in 1918, which owned the brand until the Cuban revolution.[1] During its history, the brand has also been labeled Flor de Juan López, only to return to the original name in time.[2]

In September 1960, the Cuban revolutionary government nationalized the Cuban cigar industry and seized the factory where Juan López cigars were manufactured.[3] Production has resumed, and today all Juan López cigars are made by hand (hecho a mano) at the La Habana factory in Havana.[4]

Non-Cuban production

There is also a non-Cuban "Juan Lopez" cigar made with Nicaraguan tobaccos and marketed by Altadis S.A. (now owned by Imperial Tobacco) in several sizes.

See also

References
  1. Shankin, Marvin, The Cigar Companion, The Running Press, ISBN 0762419571 (2005), p. 44
  2. Official Business Directory of Havana, Porto Rico and The Entire West Indies, New York: The Spanish-American Directories Co., p. 133
  3. Savona, David, The Exodus, Cigar Aficionado, Nov/Dec. 2002
  4. Suckling, James, Cuba’s 21st-Century Factories, Cigar Aficionado, March/April 2003
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