H. Upmann cigars rare information
There has been a time when suddenly disaster struck for H.Upmann. The cigar brand was privately owned and so was financially tied with the H. Upmann bank. The bank went with the extrapolating inflation in Weimar Germany and took the brand down with it. Fortunately, later, an opportunistic British firm, J. Frankau & Co brought the brand name and continued production until 1935. When the ownership of the brand changed hands again to Menendez Gracia y Cia Co. This is a name you will likely know if you have read a couple of our other cigar history blogs. H. Upmann fact! The Petit Upmann was the favourite cigar of President John F Kennedy, the 35th US president. The night before the Cuban embargo was signed, he had his aide gather every box he could gather from Washington for the president. Totalling 1200 cigars! One of the other famed cigars include the H. Upmann Magnum 50 Single Gift Box - a perfect cigar gift set. The cigar hinders a predominantly woody smoke with zesty hints of