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Cigar of the Week - Quesada Serie Limitada 35th Anniversary Origin : Dominican Republic Format : Toro Size : 6 x 49 Wrapper : Equadorian Arapiraca Filler : Dominican Republic, Nicaragua Binder : Cuban seed, Criollo-98 (DR) In June 1974, Manuel Quesada, his brother Alvaro and their father, Manuel Sr., opened a cigar factory called Manufactura de Tabacos S.A. (Matasa) in Santiago, Dominican Republic. The Quesada family had worked with tobacco since the late 1800s in Cuba, but this was its first venture into cigar making. At the time, Dominican cigars were virtually unknown in the cigar world, but Matasa grew from making thousands of cigars a year to millions, thanks to the popularity of house brands such as Fonseca and Cubita, as well as a host of brands made under contract for other companies importing cigars to the United States. LA GLORIA CUBANA MEDAILLE D'OR NO.4 Global economic woes and the worldwide spread of smoking bans are taking their toll on Cuba's famous cigar industry, with the just-completed ha