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Although Carlos Gardel’s famous tango underlines that 20 years are not big deal, that’s enough time for the Habano Festival to assess its contribution to the promotion of the tobacco culture and values behind the best premium cigars of the world.

Faces of world personalities dedicated to different activities have been linked to the creation of Habano brands

The Marti Theater in Havana hosted Wednesday the tribute to the 20^th anniversary of the Habano Festival, the world’s most prestigious event devoted to premium cigars.

Like an excellent pairing, habanosommelier Mabel Duran has put together three key ingredients in her performance: passion, talent and learning interest. Whether she is in front of a contest jury or at Havana-based Castropol restaurant, where she works as a maître, the key to her success is related to the knowledge and skills acquired for over a decade; as well as the interaction she is capable to establish with every patron.

Tributo 2018, the first Cuban rum that features a distinctive smoked note, pays tribute to the knowhow of Cuba’s Master Rum Makers, with wood playing a key role in its tastes.

Marked by the contrast of prevailing notes as a result of the aging process in smoked whisky casks, Habana Club Internacional unveiled this new drink on Tuesday at the Rum Museum, with Christian Barre, General Manager of the company, Ahmed Alvarez, deputy director of Sales and Marketing, and Asbel Morales, Cuban Master Rum Maker in attendance.

In a blend of tradition and elegance, HumidifGroup celebrates its twentieth anniversary along with the 20^th Habano Festival, two decades of work and collaboration with the sight set on the same goal: reaching excellence in every delivery.

Habanos, S.A., always paying heed to the evolution and needs of the consumer market and retailers, noticed a few years ago the ever-growing interest among this particular consumer niche in smoking cigars that had been aged for some time

Saled Walid, a longtime Habano lover and CEO of Phoenicia Trading –exclusive Habano distributor in the Middle East and Africa- shares his views with delegates and guests attending the 20th edition of the Habano Festival in Havana

Once again, the visit to the tobacco plantations captured the attention of those attending the Habano Festival. The lands of Pinar del Rio, home to the world’s best tobacco, keep enthralling, enamoring and germinating the marvel of this one-of-a-kind product called Habano.

 To better know the region of Vuelta Abajo –penciled in as the land where the world’s best tobacco grows- two alternatives must be considered at the very least: the approach to documental references that broach the immense tradition of premium cigars in that locality and the experience of taking a closer, firsthand look at the way tobacco planters do their job.