January 5, 2010
Several years ago, Matasa president Manuel Quesada, one of the Caribbean’s most respected cigar makers, met with his friend Nestor Plasencia, the godfather of Nicaraguan tobacco and the largest tobacco grower in Central America, to discuss producing the ultimate Nicaraguan puro—a cigar whose wrapper, binder, and filler are grown in the same country.
At “The Cathedral [...]
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July 2, 2009
Manuel Quesada has been making cigars since 1974 as a small operation with three rollers and Manuel running the venture. Manuel’s business manufactures some of the finest cigars in the world.: Fonseca, Cubita, Jose Benito, Casa Blanca, Licenciados, La Primera, Royal Dominicana, Ricos Dominicanos among other brands that are sold in the U.S. market.
His original [...]
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