【Montecristo蒙特克里斯托是哪个国家的品牌?】
Altadis U.S.A. Inc,Montecristo,世界著名雪茄品牌,始于1935年古巴,哈瓦那雪茄中的佼佼者,其带有稍油滑的茶色茄衣、气味柔和、口感独特而浓烈
1935年,阿隆索-梅内德斯(Alonzo Menendez)和佩佩-加西亚(Pepe Garcia)创立该品牌时,曾故意限制产销量,只推出5种尺寸。当时他们刚从英国弗朗科公司手中购得乌普曼品牌,重点放在扩充其量上。蒙特克里斯托前身是乌普曼的Montecristo Selection系列,被寄放在纽约的登路公司旗下代售,当时它是极被看好的品牌,同时也是检验梅内德斯的烟草技术和加西亚的生产知识的试金石。
后来受另外一个英国代理商约翰-亨特(John Hunter)的影响,这一雪茄品牌才有了简化的名字“Montercristo”。由于弗朗科公司负责乌普曼雪茄的销售,并希望蒙特克里斯托雪茄能独立出售。所以亨特公司设计出了雪茄盒上醒目的红黄色交叉剑的商标图案。第二次世界大战时,哈瓦那雪茄销往英国的渠道被中断,因此该品牌主要集中在美国的登喜路烟店出售。电影导演希区柯克(Alfred Hitchcock)很早就醉心于蒙特克里斯托,他甚至定斯将雪茄寄给受战时物资限制而抽不到雪茄的英国朋友。 二战之后,蒙特克里斯托又增了Tubos尺寸,否则此系列就维持原样了。
古巴革命后不久,梅内德斯和加西亚家庭便搬迁到加那利群岛。但古巴岛上仍生产少量蒙特克里斯托雪茄,由留在岛上的人称“Masinguila”的传奇人物约瑟夫-曼努埃尔-风萨雷斯负责产制。
在70年代早期,这一品牌又添加了A和以Laguito(Cohiba)No.1、No.2、No.3为范本制成的Especial、Especial No.2和Joyita三种新的尺寸。
许多人认为,只有在如英国等小市场上才能买到高品质的雪茄。然而当西班牙国营烟草局和古巴烟草局发生商标纠纷、打算要中止进口蒙特克里斯托雪茄时,西班牙国内为此几乎要发生内战。蒙特克里斯托雪茄采用特有的稍油滑的茶色茄衣,气味柔和,风味中等浓郁至浓郁,有一种独特而浓烈的口感。其中以No.2(鱼雷造型)是非常有名而且值得一试的,许多老顾客也认为No.1(Cervante尺寸)略逊一筹。
英文翻译:Altadisu.s.a.inc, Montecristo, a world-famous cigar brand, started in Cuba in 1935. It is the leader of Havana cigars. It has a slightly greasy Tan jacket, soft smell, unique and strong taste. When Alonzo Menendez and Pepe Garcia founded the brand in 1935, they deliberately limited production and sales, and only launched five sizes. At that time, they just bought upman brand from Franco company in the UK, focusing on expanding its quantity. Montecristo, the predecessor of uppman's Montecristo selection series, was placed in New York's denglu company for sale. At that time, Montecristo was a very popular brand, and also a touchstone to test the tobacco technology of Menendez and the production knowledge of Garcia. Later, influenced by another British agent, John Hunter, the cigar brand had a simplified name of "Montecristo". As Franco is responsible for the sale of upman cigars, it is hoped that Montecristo cigars can be sold independently. So Hunter designed the logo of the striking red and yellow cross sword on the cigar box. During the Second World War, the distribution channel of Havana cigars to the UK was interrupted, so the brand was mainly sold in Dunhill in the United States. Alfred Hitchcock, the film director, had long been fascinated by Montecristo. He even sent cigars to British friends who were limited by wartime supplies and could not smoke them. After World War II, Montecristo added tubos, otherwise the series would remain the same. Shortly after the Cuban revolution, the Menendez and Garcia families moved to the Canary Islands. However, a small amount of Montecristo cigars are still produced on the island, which is in the charge of the legendary Joseph Manuel Veles, who remains on the island and is known as "masinguila". In the early 1970s, the brand added three new sizes: A and especial, especialno. 2 and joyita, which were made with laguito (Cohiba) No.1, No.2 and No.3 as models. Many people believe that high quality cigars can only be bought in small markets such as the UK. However, when a trademark dispute between Spain's state-run tobacco administration and Cuba's tobacco administration was about to stop importing Montecristo cigars, there was almost a civil war in Spain. Montecristo cigar adopts a unique slightly oily brown jacket with a soft smell, medium to full-bodied flavor and a unique and strong taste. Among them, No.2 (torpedo shape) is very famous and worth trying. Many old customers also think that No.1 (cervante size) is slightly inferior.