雪茄制造商A.J. 費(fèi)爾南德斯出生于古巴的農(nóng)村,，他的父親伊斯梅爾是在政府的農(nóng)業(yè)部門工作,，一直和煙葉打交道。費(fèi)爾南德斯13歲就開始去煙葉農(nóng)場(chǎng)幫忙，2003年,，費(fèi)爾南德斯以探親的名義前往尼加拉瓜，追隨先行一步落腳尼加拉瓜的父親,。在那里,，他們父子倆在父親的表弟內(nèi)斯特·普拉森西亞的幫助下，逐漸站穩(wěn)腳,，從代工雪茄業(yè)務(wù)做起,，慢慢有了自己的煙葉田和雪茄廠，以及自有雪茄品牌,。
費(fèi)爾南德斯認(rèn)為在卡斯特羅執(zhí)政前的古巴是古巴煙草業(yè)最輝煌的日子,，他希望推出一個(gè)新產(chǎn)品系列，名為“榮耀歲月”來紀(jì)念那段浪漫時(shí)期,。
這個(gè)新系列使用的煙葉來自費(fèi)爾南德斯在尼加拉瓜的四個(gè)煙草農(nóng)場(chǎng)：雪松莊園（Finca los Cedros）,、第一省份（La Providencia 1）、莉莉婭（La Lilia）,、孤獨(dú)莊園（La Soledad）,。費(fèi)爾南德斯介紹，這款雪茄使用的一部分煙草已經(jīng)發(fā)酵了七年,。
榮耀歲月系列有四個(gè)尺寸,，每盒都是20支的裝盒。短丘吉爾,，48環(huán)徑,，6.5英寸。羅布圖,，52環(huán)徑,，5.5英寸。公牛,，56環(huán)徑,，6英寸。高達(dá),，58環(huán)徑,，6英寸,。這些雪茄的售價(jià)從每支9美元到12美元不等。雪茄是在尼加拉瓜的埃斯特利的費(fèi)爾南德斯雪茄廠生產(chǎn)的,。
2017年榮耀歲月這個(gè)系列在零售店曾經(jīng)短暫上架,，但費(fèi)爾南德斯很快就不再生產(chǎn)，當(dāng)時(shí)他想聚焦其他系列的產(chǎn)品,，先把那些產(chǎn)品做好,。
（這篇新聞2019年5月刊登在CigarAficionado雜志）
Cigarmaker A.J. Fernandez wants to pay homage to an idyllic time he believes were the glory days of Cuban tobacco—preCastro Cuba. His upcoming brand, Días De Gloria or “days of glory,” will be shown at next month’s IPCPR trade show. It’s a nod to this romanticized period in Cuba’s history before the Revolution, although the new cigar contains no Cuban tobacco. Rather, it’s made up of aged tobacco from four of Fernandez’s oldest farms in Nicaragua: Finca los Cedros, La Providencia 1, La Lilia and La Soledad. All four of these farms are located in Estelí.
“These are the four oldest farms I own,” says Fernandez, “and I’ve been setting aside tobacco from each farm and aging it for years for this blend. I want everyone to enjoy it like the glory days of old Cuba.”
According to Fernandez, some of the tobacco in the blend has been aged for up to seven years.
Días de Gloria comes in four sizes, each packed in boxes of 20: Short Churchill, which measures 6 1/2 inches by 48 ring gauge; Robusto, 5 1/2 by 52; Toro, 6 by 56; and Gordo, 6 by 58. The cigars retail from $9 to $12, respectively.
The Días de Gloria brand first made its retail appearance in early 2017, but Fernandez pulled it from the market shortly after, as he wanted to focus on other brands in his portfolio at the time.
The cigars are made at Fernandez’s namesake factory in Estelí, Nicaragua.
