Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Joya de Nicaragua: The Quintessential Nicaraguan Cigar Factory


(Cigar Aficionado) ... I took a tour of the iconic Joya de Nicaragua factory. I say iconic because that factory really is the emblem of the Nicaraguan cigar industry, and has literally been through war. The brick building was accidentally bombed by former President Anastasio Somoza DeBayle's air strikes during the Sandinista Revolution. I say accidental because Samoza owned part of the factory when he bombed it. Mario Perez, the factory's head of product development, took me around. Continued

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