Guide to Who Makes What Cigars for Which Brands...

[c.ortiz108]

This started out as a guide to the makers smaller label, cheapo, and house-brands, but expanded to include pretty much any cigar made by another company other than what is obvious by the label, especially when not widely known (some might be common knowledge, so I stress that I am still a noob!). It's obviously incomplete, so additions and corrections are welcome!

Altadis:
Bombs Away (Best Cigar Prices .com)
Mythos (Best Cigar Prices .com)
Casa de Garcia
Don Diego
Juan Lopez
Butera Royal Vintage
Henry Clay
Las Cabrillas
Primo del Rey
Flor de Copan
Bock y Ca

La Aurora:
Leon Jimenes
Thompson 95th Anniversary
Don Lino (Mike’s)
La Caoba

Melo Bueso (Flor de Copan):
Gispert
Saint Luis Rey

Jose Blanco (Joya de Nicaragua, Boutique Blends):
Palma Real
The Log
Belmondo (Thompson)
Cibao

Boutique Blends (Oliveros, Aging Room):
Six Zero
La Tabaqueria
Vista de Cuba

Camacho (owned by Caribe, owned by Davidoff!):
San Marco (Best Cigar Prices .com)
Churchill Deluxe / Robusto Deluxe
Baccarat
Monte Carlo (discontinued?)
La Fontana
LegendArio
National Brand
HSR (Thompson)

E.P. Carillo:
El Rico Habana

Davidoff:
Private Stock
3x3 and 4x4 tubos bundles
Corazon

A.J. Fernandez:
Morro Castle (CI)
La Herencia Cubana (CI)
Gurkha Park Avenue
Gurkha Sherpa
Padilla Achilles
Padilla Habano
Padilla Miami Edicion Limitada
Rocky Patel Fusion
Reposado
Nica Libre

J. Fuego:
Xikar HC Series

Arturo Fuente:
Cuesta Rey
Montesino
La Unica
Flor de Ybor City (La Estampa)
Oro de Cuba
Tampa Sweethearts
Bauza (Mike’s)
Rigoletto (Black Arrow, Black Magic, Dominican Lights & Darks; others are machine made)
Sosa
Savinelli ELR

Don Pepin Garcia:
Old Henry (Holt's)
Fumadores (Holt's)
Conoisseur Selection (Holt's)
Hirsch y Garcia (Cigar King)
Nacionales W (Cigar King)
Cuban Diplomat (Cigar King, discontinued?)
Habana Leon (Cigar King, discontinued?)
Havana Soul (Cigar King, discontinued?)

General Cigar:
Super-Premium 2nds (CI)
Bolivar
Brioso
Don Tomas
Foundry
Dominican Old Fashioned (Mike’s, supposedly Macanudo 2nds)
Honduran Old Fashioned (Mike’s, Villazon)

Oliva:
Nicaraguan 90+ Rated 2nds (CI)
Nicaraguan Gordo 2nds (CI)
Nicaraguan Ligero-Laced 2nds (CI)
Nino Vaquez Cuban Stout (made with Oliva tobacco, not sure who rolls ‘em)
Nica Libre Potencia
Calle Ocho
Remedios (Mike’s)
Savinelli Liga Especiale

Perdomo:
Oba Oba (Best Cigar Prices .com)
Lusitania (Mike’s)

Nestor Plasencia:
Finck’s Fortuna de Honduras
Finck’s Commerce
Finck’s Honduran Plantations
Finck’s Romero Classico
Finck’s Alamo
Cuba Libre
Vintage Especiale (Thompson)
Cuban Sandwich (Mike’s)

Manuel Quesada:
Finck’s Dominican Giants
Finck's Lamb’s Club
Regius of London White Label
Rollers Choice
Cu-Avana
Mike’s 1950
898 (Mike’s)
Licenciados (Mike’s)
La Flor de Caney (Mike’s)
Puros of St. James
Dominican Delicias (Mike’s)
Cubita

Augusto Reyes:
La Paloma (Thompson)
Roly

Fabrica de Tabacos San Rafael S.A.:
Brick House
La Baton
La Perla del Mar

Victor Sinclair:
La Differencia Cubana (formerly made by Davidoff &#9785

Toraño:
Quorum (J.C. Newman)
Liga IV
Black Pearl

 

[ItsBarbarino]

Nice! Thanks for sharing this!

 

[plumber1965]

Thanks for the info this is great????

 

[Dave]

........ expanded to include pretty much any cigar made by another company other than what is obvious by the label, especially when not widely known .....

I think there is value here. However, I always have a problem with these investigations. Specifically, I cannot get past the words "made by". I have absolutely no idea what that means in any cigar industry context, because it means something different to everyone. Which of this sampling of attributes would qualify a cigar as "made by":

-source of tobacco (growers, brokers, fields, etc?)
-blended by the namesake of a company (or one of his/her master blenders?)
-made in same factory as some of that company's other cigars? by same rollers? rented room in a corner of a separate building of one of the factories?
-lent their name to a cigar at one time and little, if anything else?
-originated a blend/cigar and then spun it off or sold the blend/name/label to someone else?
-wholly or partially owned subsidiary?
-distribution assistance only?

Not trying to be a dick. Really. I appreciate the list and think there's some value there. But this industry frustrates me no end and it is impossible to coexist with any assumptions for very long.

 

[c.ortiz108]

Good points, @Dave - not being a dick at all. It's especially a problem with Altadis/GC stuff, because they have other manufacturers make cigars for them. And with tight-knit companies like J.C. Newman and Fuente, it seems impossible to untangle it all. I just went by references I've run across, claiming things like "made by the same people who brought you Brick House" or whatever. I'm assuming that means the same factory, the same blender and/or rollers, and presumably the same tobacco sources.... but who knows? I've seen references to cigars made in one factory, but "overseen" by someone from an entirely different company. Who knows what that means. So, all to be taken with a grain of salt....

 

[The EVP]

AFAIK, "Made By" refers to the factory and/or blender that oversees the production such as Don Pepin, Fuente, Miami Cigar, etc.

 

[c.ortiz108]

Just ran across this - Robusto Joe doing the same kind of list. http://robustojoe.com/cigar-blends/ One of these days I'll incorporate his list into mine.

 

[Tim H]

Interesting info, thanks!

 

[atllogix]

Thanks for the list

 

[Horseshoe]

Thanks for the list. I didn't know some of these.

 

[luckysaturn13]

that's very interesting! great work!

 

[deadrift]

great stuff, i've always wanted to see a list like this. it's a tangled web we smoke