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Dutch Masters (cigar)
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Dutch Masters is a brand of natural wrapped cigar
s sold in the United States
since 1911. Its distinctive packaging features Rembrandt's 1662 painting The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild (The Staalmeesters). Dutch Masters cigars are currently manufactured and sold by Altadis U.S.A., Inc.
, which is the American subsidiary of French
/Spanish-based
Altadis S.A.
in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
. They are machine rolled cigars, and come in two main varieties: full size cigars, and smaller cigarillos colloquially known as "mini-dutches."
G.H. Johnson Cigar Company was the original producer of the Dutch Masters cigar brand. Dutch Masters would become a mainstay of the Consolidated Cigar Corporation, which merged the G.H. Johnson Cigar Company and six others together in 1921. The Consolidated Cigar Corp. later became part of Altadis, formed in 1999 by a merger of the French and Spanish state tobacco monopolies. Through its long history the Dutch Masters cigar brand has become one of the most popular and profitable cigar brands in America.
Dutch Masters became well known in the 1950s for its sponsorship of various television projects of the comedian Ernie Kovacs
. (Kovacs, a well-known cigar smoker, never smoked Dutch Masters, sticking almost exclusively to Havana cigars.) Dutch Master cigars gained notoriety in the early 90's, mainly due to "Dutches" being mentioned numerous times in hip-hop songs as a popular brand of cigar to be broken down and re-rolled with marijuana.
Cigar
A cigar is a tightly-rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco that is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the mouth. Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities in Brazil, Cameroon, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Indonesia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Philippines, and the Eastern...
s sold in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
since 1911. Its distinctive packaging features Rembrandt's 1662 painting The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild (The Staalmeesters). Dutch Masters cigars are currently manufactured and sold by Altadis U.S.A., Inc.
Altadis
Altadis is a multinational purveyor and manufacturer of cigarettes, tobacco and cigars. Altadis was formed via a 1999 merger between Tabacalera, the former Spanish tobacco monopoly and SEITA, the former French tobacco monopoly...
, which is the American subsidiary of French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
/Spanish-based
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
Altadis S.A.
Altadis
Altadis is a multinational purveyor and manufacturer of cigarettes, tobacco and cigars. Altadis was formed via a 1999 merger between Tabacalera, the former Spanish tobacco monopoly and SEITA, the former French tobacco monopoly...
in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. They are machine rolled cigars, and come in two main varieties: full size cigars, and smaller cigarillos colloquially known as "mini-dutches."
G.H. Johnson Cigar Company was the original producer of the Dutch Masters cigar brand. Dutch Masters would become a mainstay of the Consolidated Cigar Corporation, which merged the G.H. Johnson Cigar Company and six others together in 1921. The Consolidated Cigar Corp. later became part of Altadis, formed in 1999 by a merger of the French and Spanish state tobacco monopolies. Through its long history the Dutch Masters cigar brand has become one of the most popular and profitable cigar brands in America.
Dutch Masters became well known in the 1950s for its sponsorship of various television projects of the comedian Ernie Kovacs
Ernie Kovacs
Ernie Kovacs was a Hungarian American comedian and actor.Kovacs' uninhibited, often ad-libbed, and visually experimental comedic style came to influence numerous television comedy programs for years after his death in an automobile accident...
. (Kovacs, a well-known cigar smoker, never smoked Dutch Masters, sticking almost exclusively to Havana cigars.) Dutch Master cigars gained notoriety in the early 90's, mainly due to "Dutches" being mentioned numerous times in hip-hop songs as a popular brand of cigar to be broken down and re-rolled with marijuana.
Varieties
- Belvedere
- Cameroon Elite
- Corona De Luxe
- 227 Benedict
- Corona Grape
- Corona Maduro
- Corona Sports
- Corona Strawberry
- Corona Vanilla
- Creme de Menthe
- Honey Sports
- Honey Sports Cigarillos
- Vanilla Sports
- Panetela
- Perfecto
- President
- Cigarillos - Chocolate
- Cigarillos - Cognac
- Cigarillos - Grape
- Cigarillos - Strawberry
- Cigarillos - Vanilla
- Cigarillos - Wine
- Palma
- Palma Chocolate
- Palma Cognac
- Tube Cigarillos Cognac
- Tube Cigarillos Grape
- Tube Cigarillos Vanilla
- Tube Cigarillos Vanilla Sport
