Hundreds of years ago, when the classical age of tobacco was flowering, cigars had whimsical names. The most recherché one is Shakespearean: Romeo y Julieta, founded in 1875 and made legendary by billionaire aristocrat José Rodriguez Fernández aka Don Pepin. Feeling the thick, firm texture of the brand’s tobacco leaves plucked from the Vuelta Abajo area—Cuban tobacco’s Garden of Eden where temptation is worshipped than cursed—is touching the grain of history and literature. Smoking a Romeo y Julieta Churcills, a Mille Fleurs, a number 3, or a Petitt Julieta; savouring their nutty, floral, herbal and woody
Serenading History
Sep 30, 2023
3 minutes
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