Tag: Pinar del Rio

• Hirochi Robaina launches his ‘HR’ Cigars in the USA

  Hirochi Robaina is the grandson of legendary farmer Alejandro Robaina (March 1919 – April 2010), who is known for his contribution to the Cigar Universe through the success of his famous farm, Cuchillas de Barbacoa, in San Luis, Pinar del Río. Patrick Lagreid writes in Halfwheel: “For fans of Cuban cigars, there are cigar superstars.…

  Sila Blume

  February 4, 2015

  Cigars, Nat Sherman – New York, NY, Tobacco

  Alejandro Robaina, Cuba, Finca El Pinar, Hirochi Robaina, HR Cigars, Pinar del Rio, San Luis

• José Orlando Padrón

  You cannot keep good people down. Perhaps kill them, but not keep them down. And if they manage to complete some major steps in life, even if they are killed, they could easily live beyond their physical lives. Demaso Padrón left the Canary Islands towards the middle of the 1800’s, emigrating to Cuba. It was customary…

  Sila Blume

  December 10, 2014

  Cigars, Cuba, Tobacco

  Anniversary, Cigars, Cuba, Demaso Padrón, Jose Orlando Padrón, Nicaragua, Pinar del Rio, Tobacco