Davidoff is a popular Swiss brand of luxury products, most well known for its high-end tobacco products, including cigars, cigarettes, and pipe tobaccos. Original corporate Apple Computer logo, created by Rob Janoff; used 1976 to 1998. ... Species Nicotiana acuminata Nicotiana alata Nicotiana attenuata Nicotiana benthamiana Nicotiana clevelandii Nicotiana excelsior Nicotiana forgetiana Nicotiana glauca Nicotiana glutinosa Nicotiana langsdorffii Nicotiana longiflora Nicotiana obtusifolia Nicotiana paniculata Nicotiana plumbagifolia Nicotiana quadrivalvis Nicotiana repanda Nicotiana rustica Nicotianasuaveolens Nicotiana sylvestris Nicotiana tabacum Nicotiana tomentosa Ref: ITIS 30562 as of August 26, 2005... This page is about the tobacco product; for other meanings of Cigar, see Cigar (disambiguation). ... A lit cigarette A full ashtray. ... Youth with pipe, by Hendrick Jansz Terbrugghen A smoking pipe is a device used for smoking combustible substances such as tobacco and cannabis. ...

History

Zino Davidoff was born on March 11, 1906 in Kiev in what is now the Ukraine, then a part of Czarist Russia. He was the eldest of four children born to Jewish tobacco merchant, Henri Davidoff. Even in his own autobiographical writings, the facts on Zino's youth are a bit hazy. His parents were either cigar merchants or cigarette manufacturers in Kiev. Fleeing the political turmoil and anti-Semitism prevalent in Russia, they emigrated to Geneva, Switzerland in 1911 and opened their own tobacconist shop in 1912. Finishing school in 1924, he went to Latin America to learn about the tobacco trade, spending time in such places as Argentina, Brazil, and finally Cuba where he spent two years working on a plantation and first encountered Cuban cigars. 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A monument to St. ... Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of Russian history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... An Autobiography is an account of a persons life written by that person For music albums named Autobiography, see Autobiography (album) An autobiography (from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write) is a biography written by the subject or composed conjointly with a collaborative writer (styled as... The Eternal Jew: 1937 German poster. ... Geneva (pronunciation //; French: Genève //, German: //, Italian: Ginevra) is the second most populous city in Switzerland, situated where Lake Geneva (French Lac Léman) flows into the Rhône River. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...

Returning to Switzerland around 1930, he took over parents' shop. What had originall been a modest smoke shop grew into a rich business during and after World War II. Switzerland, being a neutral country and spared much of the havoc being wreaked elsewhere in Europe, became a haven for wealthy tobacco customers. Zino was particularly successful in marketting the Hoyo de Monterrey Châteaux Series of Cuban cigars that had been created for Zurich cigar distributor A Dürr Co. in the 1940's and named after great Bourdeaux wines. Around this time, Zino is also credited by many as having invented the first desktop cigar humidor, in order to preserve cigars at the same conditions of humidity and temperature under which they were rolled in Havana. Davidoff also had success writing several books on cigar smoking and Cuban cigar brands. 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... Hoyo de Monterrey 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 Honduras for General Cigar. ... A ch teau (French for castle; plural ch teaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of gentry, usually French, with or without fortifications. ... Location within Switzerland   Zürich[?] (German pronunciation IPA: ; usually spelled Zurich in English) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ... Events and trends Technology First nuclear bomb First cruise missile, the V1 flying bomb and the first ballistic missile, the V-2 rocket First transistor Colossus, the worlds first totally electronic computer. ... Wine is an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of fruit, typically grapes though a number of other fruits are also quite popular - such as plum, elderberry and blackcurrant. ... A humidor is any kind of box or room with constant humidity (and often, temperature as well), used to store cigars. ... Aerial view of Havana Havana (Spanish in full: San Cristóbal de La Habana, usually shortened to just La Habana; UN/LOCODE: CU HAV) is the capital of Cuba and, with a population of 2. ...

Cuban Davidoff cigars

In 1967, Davidoff was approached by Cubatabaco, Cuba's state tobacco monopoly after the Revolution, about creating a personal brand of cigars for his stores. The cigars were rolled in the newly-establish El Laguito factory in Havana, which had been established to roll Cuban President Fidel Castro's own private cigars, Cohíba. In 1969, the first productions of Davidoff cigars were released, which included the No. 1, the No. 2, and Ambassadrice (which all shared the same sizes as the early Cohiba line) and the Châteaux Series (now no longer under the Hoyo de Monterrey label, but exclusively made for the Davidoff marque). 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Cubatabaco, short for Empresa Cubana del Tabaco, is the Cuban state tobacco monopoly. ... It has been suggested that coercive monopoly be merged into this article or section. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is a large industrial building where workers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. ... Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (pron. ... Cohiba is the name of two brands of premium cigar, one produced on the island of Cuba, and the other produced in the Dominican Republic (since the Cuban Revolution). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

In the 1970's, the Mille Series, a milder blend than the rest of the line, and the Dom Pérignon, named for the famous champagne, were released on the market. In 1986, a special limited release of 80 Aniversarios cigars were made to celebrate Zino's 80th birthday. Events and trends Although in the United States and in many other Western societies the 1970s are often seen as a period of transition between the turbulent 1960s and the more conservative 1980s and 1990s, many of the trends that are associated widely with the Sixties, from the Sexual Revolution... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A child on her first birthday A birthday is the date on which a person was born. ...

In 1982, the Château Yquem cigar produced by Davidoff was discontinued after the owner of Château d'Yquem wine protested their unauthorized use of the trade name. The Château Mouton Rothschild came out shortly after, though with a different blend and slightly different size than its predecessor. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Château dYquem is a Grand Premier Cru ( French, Great First Growth or Great First Vintage) wine from the Sauternes region in the southern part of Bordeaux. ...

A Cuban-made Davidoff Dom Pérignon with its namesake, Dom Pérignon champagne

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The Cuban Davidoff Line

The cigars within the Cuban Davidoff line included...

• No. 1 - 7 1/2" x 38 (192 x 15.08 mm) Laguito No. 1, a long panetela
• No. 2 - 6" x 38 (152 x 15.08 mm) Laguito No. 2, a panetela
• Ambassadrice - 4 1/2" x 26 (115 x 10.32 mm) Laguito No. 3, a cigarillo
• Tubo - 6" x 38 (152 x 15.08 mm) Laguito No. 2, a panetela (same blend as the No. 2)
• Dom Pérignon - 7" x 47 (178 x 18.65 mm) Julieta, a churchill

Châteaux Series

• Château Haut-Brion - 4" x 40 (102 x 15.87 mm) Perla, a tres petit corona
• Château Lafite - 4 1/2" x 40 (116 x 15.87 mm) Franciscano, a tres petit corona
• Château Lafite-Rothschild - 4 1/2" x 40 (116 x 15.87 mm) Franciscano, a tres petit corona (name changed from above circa 1983)
• Château Latour - 5 5/8" x 42 (142 x 16.67 mm) Corona, a corona
• Château Margaux - 5 1/8" x 42 (129 x 16.67 mm) Mareva, a petit corona
• Château Mouton Rothschild - 6 1/8" x 42 (155 x 16.67 mm) Corona Grande, a long corona
• Château Yquem - 6" x 42 (152 x 16.67 mm) ?, a long corona

Mille Series 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• 1000 - 4 5/8" x 34 (117 x 13.49 mm) Panetela, a small panetela
• 2000 - 5 1/8" x 42 (129 x 16.67 mm) Mareva, a petit corona
• 3000 - 7" x 33 (178 x 13.10 mm) Ninfa, a slim panetela
• 4000 - 6 1/8" x 42 (155 x 16.67 mm) Corona Grande, a long corona
• 5000 - 5 5/8" x 46 (143 x 18.26 mm) Corona Gorda, a toro

Special Production

• 80 Aniversario - 9 1/4" x 47 (235 x 18.65 mm) Gran Corona, a giant or presidente

Apparently after numerous disputes over quality and ownership rigths over the brand, Zino Davidoff and Cubatabaco decided to end their relationship. Leading up to this, Zino had publicly burned over one-hundred thousand of his cigars that he had deemed unfit to sell and of low quality in August of 1989. The Cuban Davidoff line was official discontinued in 1991, a Dominican-made Davidoff cigar having already hit the market in November of 1990, where production of the same sizes formerly made in Cuba continues to this day. August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about the year. ...

Former managers at El Laguito have claimed that the Davidoff blend was very similar to Cohíba, except with a lighter wrapper leaf. The bands used on Davidoff cigars themselves are of the same format as personalized diplomatic cigar bands had been in previous years. Adriano Martínez, a former executive of Habanos SA, confirmed in Min Ron Nee's Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Post-Revolution Havana Cigars that the Cohíba Línea 1492 was made to fill in the gap left by the discontinuation of Davidoff. Habanos SA is the arm of the Cuban state tobacco monopoly, Cubatabaco, that controls the promotion, distribution, and exportation of Cuban cigars and other tobacco products worldwide. ...

Zino Davidoff passed away on January 14th, 1994 at the age of 87. January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

Davidoff Products Today

Davidoff continues to produce cigars in the Dominican Republic, under the direction of cigar blender Heinrich "Henke" Kelner. Since moving, Davidoff has added an Aniversario series, a Millennium series, and a Special series of figuardos to its lineup. Davidoff also produces a less-expensive Zino line of cigars and a line of cigarillos.

A pack of Davidoff Supreme cigarettes

Davidoff lends its name to a brand of cigarettes produced by Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken GmbH, owned by Imperial Tobacco of the UK. The cigarette line include the Magnum, Supreme, Classic, Mild, Lights, Ultra lights, and Menthol. Due to legal issues, the sale of Davidoff cigarettes is prohibited in the United States, though the Dominican-made cigars are allowed. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 2627 KB) Summary A picture taken by me. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 2627 KB) Summary A picture taken by me. ... Reemtsma is one of the biggest tobacco and cigarette producers in Europe. ... Imperial Tobacco PLC is the largest cigarette manufacturer in the UK (but the second largest UK based tobacco company by global sales after British American Tobacco), second largest in Germany and fourth worldwide, following its purchase of Reemtsma Zigarettenfabriken, adding brands such as Davidoff, Peter Stuyvesant and West to its...

Beyond tobacco products, Davidoff has expanded considerably to include under its brand such things as pipes, humidors, wallets, briefcases, pens, cognac, coffee and cologne. A wallet is a small (usually pocket-sized) storage device. ... A briefcase is a narrow box-shaped bag made of vinyl or leather with a handle on the end and is used mainly for carrying papers and other documents. ... A ballpoint pen A pen is a writing instrument which applies ink to some surface. ... Cognac is a commune in the French département of Charente, of which it is a sous-préfecture. ... Coffee in beverage form Coffee is a beverage, served hot or with ice, prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant. ... Cologne (German: ; Kölsch: Kölle) is Germanys fourth-largest city after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich and is the largest city both in the German Federal District of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the largest European metropolitan areas with over 12 million...

See also

• List of cigar brands

In those cases where two or more brands from different countries bear the same name, the one mentioned is the original one (e. ...

External links

• Official website
• Imperial Tobacco
• Discussion of Davidoff coffee