In less than a decade, we have developed a world-class manufacturing facility. By doing this in Estelí, we are able deliver the most sophisticated high-gloss packaging in a fraction of the time.” — ...

Padron boss Jorge Padron pauses between puffs during an interview with AFP at his factory in Esteli in January AFP / INTI OCON Part of the success of Nicaragua's thriving cigar industry is a carefully ...

ACID Subculture Progeny cigars are made exclusively for Famous Smoke Shop by Drew Estate in Estelí, Nicaragua. Only premium cigar retailers that have been appointed expressly by Drew Estate can stock ...

From “rich and full-bodied” to “complex with hints of licorice,” aficionados exhaust the lexicon to capture the essence of Nicaragua’s most highly prized produce — not wine, but cigars, which are ...

Esteli (Nicaragua) (AFP) – With a deftness that comes from four decades of experience, Aristo Torres sorts tobacco leaves at a factory in Nicaragua -- a country making great strides in the manufacture ...

The only way to get from Nicaragua’s capital of Managua to the town of Estelí, the production center of the country’s cigar industry, is to drive northward along the twisting, two-lane CA-1, the ...

With skilled hands and four decades of experience, Aristo Torres mixes tobacco leaves in a cigar factory in northern Nicaragua, most of which are exported to the United States. To make the cigar “we ...

As the days start getting longer and winter’s chill gradually gives way to spring, the weather is becoming more conducive to firing up some of the latest Nicaraguan cigars. Made in the Joya de ...

Part of the success of Nicaragua's thriving cigar industry is a carefully honed mystique of family: how the clannish industry was forged and maintained by a handful of fathers, sons, cousins, brothers ...