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H. Upmann 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 the Dominican Republic for the Franco-Spanish tobacco monopoly Altadis SA. Four cigars of different brands (from top: H. Upmann, Montecristo, Macanudo, Romeo y Julieta) An airtight cigar storage tube and a guillotine-style cutter A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco, one end of which is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into...
Altadis, S.A. was formed by merger in 1999 by SEITA (the former French tobacco monopoly) and Tabacalera, S.A. (the Spanish tobacco company), which majority owned Consolidated Cigar Corp. ...
History
This marque traces its history back to 1844. Two brothers, August and Herman Upmann (an alternate claim is that their surname was, in fact, Hupmann, but the "H" was dropped from the name of the brand because "H. Upmann" was more aesthetically appealing than "H. Hupmann"), were German bankers who moved their family-owned operation to Havana, Cuba. Supposedly, they were avid cigar smokers and used cigars as a promotion tool for their bank. They are sometimes even credited with the invention of packaging cigars in cedar boxes to give to their customers. These original box were labelled with the H. Upmann name and contained other manufacturers' cigars, most likely as an advertisement for their bank, until the Upmanns bought their own cigar factory in 1844: the famous H. Upmann Factory, now known as the José Martí Factory, in Havana. Through the late 1800's, the H. Upmann brand gained international recognition at various exhibitions and won seven gold medals which still adorn the lithographed art on today's H. Upmann boxes, along with Herman Upmann's original signature. 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
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. ...
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In 1932, in the midst of a worldwide economic depression, both the bank and the cigar business went bankrupt. A British firm, J. Frankau & Co. bought the brand and continued production until 1935, when the brand was sold to Menendez, Garcia, y Cia, who continued production until the nationalization of the tobacco industry after the revolution. During this time period, Menendez and Garcia created their own special cigars within the marque, known as the H. Upmann Montecristo Selection, which would become the famous Montecristo brand. Dorothea Langes Migrant Mother depicts destitute pea pickers in California, centering on Florence Owens Thompson, a mother of seven children, age twenty-nine, in Nipomo, California, March 1936. ...
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A popular legend holds that the favorite cigar of US President John F. Kennedy was the H. Upmann Petit Upmann, and that the night before the embargo was signed, he had aide Pierre Salinger procure hundreds of boxes from Washington, DC tobacconists. Others have claimed this folk tale is untrue and that Kennedy's favorite cigars were actually those made in the Philippines. For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ...
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as John F. Kennedy, JFK, or Jack Kennedy, was the 35th President of the United States. ...
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After the revolution, Menendez and Garcia moved the brand first to the Canary Islands, then the Dominican Republic, where production of this brand still continues for the American market under the ownership of Altadis SA. Altadis, S.A. was formed by merger in 1999 by SEITA (the former French tobacco monopoly) and Tabacalera, S.A. (the Spanish tobacco company), which majority owned Consolidated Cigar Corp. ...
The Cuban-made brand still remains a popular cigar in the world market, where it is made in a variety of fully handmade, hand-finished, and machine-made vitolas. In 2002, when Altadis SA bought a controlling share in Habanos SA, numerous changes were made to brand lineups. The overall scope of the reforms was stated as to eventually make all the lines either totally handmade or totally machine-made, cut out redundancies (many Cuban brands have multiple cigars of the exact same size packaged with different tobacco blends and names), and eliminate low-selling cigar sizes. As of 2006, according to Habanos SA's website, H. Upmann has been whittled down to only seven handmade sizes and five machine-made sizes. Misinformation abounds when it comes to cigar production, and Habanos has been known to regularly make exceptions for various importers and tobacconists, so this might not be completely true. Altadis, S.A. was formed by merger in 1999 by SEITA (the former French tobacco monopoly) and Tabacalera, S.A. (the Spanish tobacco company), which majority owned Consolidated Cigar Corp. ...
Popular among cigar aficionados are the No. 2, the Magnum 46, and the churchill-sized Sir Winston (named in honor of Winston Churchill). The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ...
In 2005, Habanos SA made an uncharacteristic move by releasing a new H. Upmann size as part of their annual Edición Limitada release. This is odd because the rule of the past has been that only the five globally-distributed marques (Cohíba, Montecristo, Romeo y Julieta, Partagás, and Hoyo de Monterrey) have been used for Edición Limitada releases, whereas H. Upmann is a multi-locally distributed brand. This limited edtion size was the large Magnum 50, thought to be an inticement to smokers with whom the Magnum 46 is very popular. 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). ...
 A box of H. Upmann Magnum 50 cigars
Vitolas in the Cuban H. Upmann Line The following list of vitolas (sizes) within the H. Upmann line lists their measurements in English and metric, their vitolas de galera (factory name), and their conventional name in American cigar slang.
Hand-Made Vitolas
- Sir Winston - 7" x 47 (178 x 18.65 mm) Julieta, a churchill
- Monarca - 7" x 47 (178 x 18.65 mm) Julieta, a churchill
- No. 2 - 6 1/8" x 52 (156 x 20.64 mm) Pirámide, a pyramid or torpedo
- Magnum 46 - 5 5/8" x 46 (143 x 18.26 mm) Corona Gorda, a toro
- Connossieur No. 1 - 5" x 48 (127 x 19.05 mm) Hermoso No. 4, a robusto or rothschild
- Petit Corona - 5 1/8" x 42 (129 x 16.67 mm) Mareva, a petit corona
- Corona Junior - 4 1/2" x 36 (115 x 14.29 mm) Cadete, a tres petit corona
Machine-Made and Hand-Finished Vitolas - Majestic - 5 1/2" x 40 (140 x 15.87 mm) Crema, a corona
- Regalia - 5 1/8" x 42 (129 x 16.67 mm) Petit Corona, a petit corona
- Corona Major - 5 1/4" x 44 (132 x 17.46 mm) Eminente, a petit corona
- Corona Minor - 4 5/8" x 40 (117 x 15.87 mm) Coronita, a tres petit corona
- Epicure - 4 3/8" x 35 (110 x 13.89 mm) Epicure, a tres petit corona
Edición Limitada Release - Magnum 50 (2005) - 6 3/8" x 50 (160 x 20 mm) Double Robusto, a large toro
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