Montecristo Cigars

     No one has done more for the bands that wrap around and identify a cigar than a man , not from Cuba or Spain but Holland.  Gustave Bock had the idea that the best way to identify and distinguish his own Cuban cigars would be to dress them up in a simple paper ring.  The floodgates then opened and every king, world leader and business tycoon then believed that they should have their own bands, signifying their own self importance in cigar rings of their design.  Their names, their initials and likenesses were then printed, gilded and painted on their own rings which then set their imaginations on fire and they demanded that cigars be designed and named after them.  At that point in history the Spanish Court had sole rights to what was supposed to be the best cigar of that time…. The Regalia !!  Even the Iberian clergy got involved and their cigars were produced in Cuba by priests who used tobacco grown by and produced by monks… As time went on cigar rings became more and more ostentatious and even today they sparkle in the sunlight with gold, red and rich elegant colors……. All except Montecristo…… Today Montecristo makes the most popular cigars in the world and their band is understated, simple and lets you know that the treasure is not in a bold and bright ring but in the tobacco that we have grown to love!