Guantanamera (cigar brand)

Guantanamera (cigar brand)

Guantanamera is the name of a United States cigar brand owned by Guantanamera Cigars Company of Miami, Florida and a Cuban cigar brand produced in Cuba for Habanos SA, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company. [http://www.guantanameracigars.com Guantanamera Cigars United States]

History

GUANTANAMERA is a United States cigar brand started in Miami, Florida in 1997. Years later, Corporacion Habanos launched its own version of the brand. Since 2001, the Guantanamera Cigar Company ("GCC") the exclusive trademark owner of the brand in the United States has litigated with Corporacion Habanos over the rights to register the trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

In early 2008, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled in favor of Corporacion Habanos. Immediately thereafter, GCC filed an appeal with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. GCC was forced to appeal in this forum because Corporacion Habanos is a foreign entity.

Corporacion Habanos' version of Guantanamera was launched in Dortmund, Germany on September 14 2002 and was made internationally available in October of the same year. The brand was named after the song "Guajira Guantanamera" (Spanish for "peasant girl from Guantánamo") ") by José Fernández Díaz. Unlike nearly every other cigar blend produced in Cuba, the tobacco used in the brand comes from the Vuelta Arriba region, which is located in the middle of Cuba, rather than the Vuelta Abajo in Pinar del Rio.

Featuring only machine-made cigars, Corporacion Habanos' version of Guantanamera is known as an affordable choice for consumers. The blend is mild with a slightly harsh/tannic aspect to it.

References

* Nee, Min Ron - "An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Post-Revolution Havana Cigars" (2003, Reprinted: 2005), ISBN 3-9809308-2-3

See also

* Cigar brands

External links

[http://www.guantanameracigars.com Official website of Guantanamera Cigars Company, USA]
* [http://www.habanos.com Official website of Habanos S.A.]
* [http://www.cigars-review.org/cigars/Guantanamera.htm Reviews of Guantanamera Cigars]
* [http://www.cubancigars.net.au Guantanamera Cuban cigar reviews]


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