![]() ![]() He left Cuba in 2001, going first to Nicaragua, then he went to Miami, Florida but soon established his own company and factory. Also during the 1990s, he was accounted Cuba's most productive master roller. During the 1990s, he was in charge of Quality Assurance for the Cohiba brand, and was also a consultant to several Cuban cigar makers. He helped blend cigars such as Cohiba, Partagas, and Montecristo. He is also a Tabaquero Maestro (Master Blender), and was also a “teacher of teachers” in the arts of blending and rolling cigars. The Cuban press often compared the speed and dexterity of his rolling to that of a magician. Among the awards he won was the Productivity Prize for rolling 320 Julietas (a vitola of 7” x 47 ring gauge in size) in four hours. He spent forty years in Cuba developing his skills as a torcedor (cigar roller) and blender, earned numerous accolades for his blending abilities and achieved the highest ranking possible as a cigar roller, Class 8 (Master). In March 1963, he began working at the Félix Rodríguez export cigar factory in Báez where he worked until he emigrated to Nicaragua in 2001. Tobacco career Cuban years ĭon Pepin began his life with tobacco in December 1961 at the age of 11 when he began working in a factory in Báez owned by an uncle. Born in Cuba, he is a master cigar roller and blender, and the creator and maker of numerous popular cigar brands.Ĭhristened José García, Pepin was born into a large family of tobacco growers/cigar makers in Báez, a town in Villa Clara province, Cuba. He is a noted cigar maker living in Miami, Florida. CEO El Rey de los Habanos – A Cigar Companyĭon José "Pepin" Garcia is the CEO of El Rey de los Habanos, Inc, a cigar company in Miami, also known as My Father Cigars. ![]()
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