La Vieja Habana was Drew Estate's first brand, originally made by Antonio Almanzar in New York City from 1994 until 1996. In 1996 they moved their production of La Vieja Habana to Miami based Nicks Cigar Company. La Vieja Habana received surprisingly high results and acceptance without a dollar in advertising or marketing, receiving big ratings in every national cigar publication, as well as some of the smaller, regional cigar journals. By November, 1998, all of the hard work was finally paying off. Then disaster struck, as Hurricane Mitch ravished Nicaragua. For the second time in 4 years, they were forced to stop production of La Vieja Habana. 2004 brings them to their 6th year of manufacturing cigars in their own factory in Esteli, Nicaragua; their third year of farming; and their third nationwide launch of La Vieja Habana. They believe that their company has always had a fresh approach to manufacturing and marketing one of the world's most traditional luxuries, cigars. La Vieja Habana, because of its role in their company's development, is especially important to them. They had ample time to select and age genuine Corojo wrapper, as well as purchase award-winning tobacco that would eventually turn out to exceed their expectations. If there has ever been a company that believes in the magic of "Small Batch Production," this is it.
