Quesada Cigars Celebrates 45th Anniversary

(Tobacco Business Magazine) … The Quesada family’s involvement in the premium cigar industry all began thanks to a customer who paid his bill using tobacco instead of cash. The family had opened a bakery in Havana, Cuba, after immigrating to the island from Spain.
By 1876, the bakery was prospering but not to a level that would comfortably support the growing family. When a customer proposed paying his bill with tobacco, the family recognized a new opportunity for one of its youngest members, Antero Gonzalez, who used the tobacco to start his own leaf brokerage.
By the beginning of the 20th century, Antero owned one of the world’s largest tobacco brokerage firms. Continued