La Gloria Serie
La Gloria Cubana was founded in 1885 by Sociedad Cabanas y Castro. Starting small, the brand is considered a little jewel amongst Cuban cigars brands to this day. The name La Gloria Cubana literally means the “Glory of Cuba”, a fitting name due to the brands legacy of creating some of the most glorious habanos. Overall, the brand came into the spotlight for manufacturing cigars of exquisite aromas, hand-rolled in formats that perfectly accented the brand’s flavoured profile, been available at very considerable prices – everything a cigar smoker could possibly ask for. Soon after its birth, La Gloria Cubana Cigarsbecame instantly likeable amongst local cigar aficionados and artisan cigar smokers, presaging the worldwide success that the brand was about to experience.
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Growth
La Gloria Cubana did not raise as a premium cigars brand by itself. The brand grew rapidly due to been massively promoted from inside the cigars industry. To elaborate, Spanish business and former owner of the Romeo y Julieta Cigars brand, Pepin Fernandez, helped La Gloria Cubana evolve by introducing the brand overseas. Fernandez’s tireless promotion managed to make the brand popular all around the globe for its refined yet well-balanced medium flavoured profile, becoming a favourite amongst cigar connoisseurs and artisans world widely.
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Ownership and Extinction
Like many other cigar brands, La Gloria Cubana has been under the supervision of various cigar pioneers over the years. In 1905, only ten years after its creation, the brand was purchased by Jose F. Rocha, who manufactured the brand’s habanos in his factory at 364 Miguel Street in Havana, Cuba. After Rocha’s death in 1954, La Gloria Cubana along with Bolivar Cigars were bought by the Cifuentes family while both brands’ production was moved to the Partagas Cigars factory, where they are manufactured to this day. But here's where the brand's history gets complicated. After the Castro revolution, La Gloria Cubana stopped producing its very much sought habanos for unknown reasons. Many theories have been developed in an attempt to determine what truly led to the discontinuance of the brand, however, none of them was ever proved - leaving the La Gloria Cubana's cigar smoking fans wondering about the brand's sudden extinction.
