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About our Company: Vegas Santiago SA
Our families have been growing quality tobacco... in the volcanic
mountains of
the Santiago de Puriscal region of Costa Rica, since more than 80
years.
We are the largest Cigar Manufacturer in Costa Rica.
At our Cigar Manufacturing Facility, in Costa Rica, we have all in all,
60 employees
and workers.
40 of them are occupied
in
rolling and making cigars, and 8 in packing
and shipping
and 12 in
other
assisting general activities, administration, warehouse,
tourist
reception
etc. Of course, we are always training new employees to keep up
with
our
tremendous growth in the International Market Place.
On our Tobacco Plantation, a few miles from our factory, we have 25
workers
tending each and every tobacco plant, with tender loving care.
All our cigars are hand rolled and crafted. All of our logos and
brands are
Registered, Trademarked, and Patented.
We Export and Distribute our cigars into all International Countries
and
Markets including: Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden, France,
Holland,
Greece, Hong Kong, Dubai, Puerto Rico, Malaysia, Bahamas, Russia,
Mexico,
Spain, Cyprus, Japan, Thailand, New Zealand, Australia and Canada,
and
have opened our new Distribution Center for the United States Market,
which is located in Birmingham, Alabama.
For information about opening up an International Wholesale Account
and to request our Wholesale Price List, please contact:
Don Rudy Niehaus or Dona Lani Kaub Niehaus
Email:
vegassan@gmail.com Or phone us in Costa Rica: 011 (506) 815 - 4304
Don Rudy Niehaus and
Don Olman Guzman
Our New Distribution Center in the United States
We have been organizing and stocking our new Distribution Center in
Birmingham,
Alabama, BBD, with Mike Butler, for the United States Market and we
also now
have our - Dept of Treasury Tobacco Import Permit for the United
States,
Permit # AL - T1-15000.
Mike Butler - In Charge of
BBD,
Our Distribution Center in Alabama.
Mike is also authorized to accept checks in the United States as well.
Mike will
also be in charge of promoting our cigars at cigar events and shows. We wanted
to have that set in place, to begin selling to Retail Tobacco Shops.
Now we will
begin a campaign, to set up Tobacco Shops in the United States.
We are also creating new promotional marketing brochures, to send to
Tobacco
Shops with our Cigar Products, to introduce our Famous Brands and our
Company,
to the American Market.
We will still be sending some orders from the factory in Costa Rica,
till we get
an idea of the perfect "American Stock" to have in place. But
soon, it will
be fully organized, and this will cut down on shipping time and fees.
At Vegas de Santiago - We have 5 Main Brands:
Which include different Vitolas… and we have been Creating New
Brands for Specific Markets… that are quickly becoming New and
Exciting Additions to our already famous brands.
(Churchill, Robusto, Torpedo, Dbl Corona, Corona, Lonsdale, Laquito
#1,
Laquito #3, Toro, Panatela Extras, Chiquititas – Natural, Vanilla,
Cinnamon
and Tutti Frutti, and our Short Fillers.)
We are now also creating many new cigar types... for our large
accounts in
our International Market Places: Such as Solomones, Sublimes, Piramides,
Canionazo,
and
Cervantes, to name a few. So we can create perfected cigar
types and
change the type of wrappers… to fit each market.
VdS Originales
- (*Trade Marked VdS Logo - White and Gold Band) filler and
binder Costa Rican ligero, wrapper Habano from Nicaragua. (Available
in
Natural and Maduro Wrapper).
VdS Puros Edicion Especial
- (*Trade Marked VdS Logo - Red and Gold Band)
100 % Costa Rican tobaccos. (Available in Natural or Maduro Wrapper).
VdS Chaman
– (*Trade Marked Special Logo – Beautiful White, Gold & Black Band).
(The Shaman Cigar) (in English), (One of our best Sellers).
The "Chaman Cigar" is created with "Longfiller from VdS Costa Rica
Ligero", Binder
from Central America, and the Wrapper is Connecticut... from Ecuador,
using the
special techniques and secrets of the Indio Shamans of Costa Rica.
Suave, Chocolaty
Flavor (Available in Natural Wrapper).
VdS Don Luis our "Secretos del Maestro"
– (*Trade Marked Black & Gold Band
(Very Special and Top of the
Line) A cigar
we created, in memory of our late Cuban
master, Don Luis Santana
Lamas.
Filler from selected and specially cured tobaccos… from
Costa Rica, Binder from
the Caribe and Central America and a Connecticut wrapper from
Ecuador.
(We also have perfected a special smooth and aromatic Maduro-like
wrapper
called “Capa D. O.”)
VdS
Palma Shortfillers
– (*Trade Marked Special Palm Logo –Black, Maroon & Gold
Band). A mixture of Costa Rican blend and Central American with
Connecticut
wrapper from Ecuador.
(Which Mike, at our Distribution Center in Alabama says:
"The Americans
love them and can't get enough of them, at least in Alabama).
(Available in
Natural or Maduro Wrapper).
*As you can see, we are always improving the quality of our cigars, by
adding
imported tobaccos, which we select, according to specific
qualifications and
properties.
"Custom Cigar Bands"
We can create custom cigar bands for organizations,
corporations, casinos, hotels,
golf courses, institutions, fundraising events & weddings.
Minimum: 200 cigars
email us for cost. Shiny gold & silver more costly.
Our Manufacturing
You can visit and tour the Vegas de Santiago Cigar Factory any time,
it is about
an hour and 20 minutes from San Jose, by Taxi, take the freeway going
towards
Santa Ana, follow it to the Ciudad Colon / Puriscal exit, follow the
road thru
Ciudad Colon and up the winding mountain road to Puriscal. Go to the
center
of town, where you will see a big Catholic Cathedral on the right,
follow the
road directly up the hill 400 meters. Our
Factory is on the right hand side. Our
factory is painted Green and Beige, with a Unique, Stone Mural of
Shaman Indios
and Tobacco Crops.
Open: Monday thru Friday - Hours: 9am to 11:30 and 1 to 4pm
Our factory is located in the Center of Puriscal, 400 meters south of
the old
Catolico Cathedral. This is a rich and fertile area, high in the
lush, green
Mountains of Santiago de Puriscal in Costa Rica. Growing in this
region, allows
us to use natural composts, and there are very few insects.
You can also visit our
Cigar Tobacco Plantation, to see how Tobacco is grown, just
a few
miles down from our factory.
We have been crafting and hand – rolling our cigars, here in Costa
Rica, for
20 years. In the beginning, there was an association of 200 small and
middle-sized local tobacco growers, who have been growing cigar
tobaccos
for generations.
In our factory, we maintain
high quality control and temperature storages in
our walk-in humidors.
Under the expert guidance, of one of the 10 greatest Cuban masters,
Don Luis
Santana Lamas, the association started making cigars in the late 80s,
for the
Costa Rican market only. Five years ago, we went international and now
are
selling cigars world-wide, mostly through our International Website,
translated
into 4 languages. Buy Online: Wholesale and Retail.
Each year the local tobacco growers, still bring their cigar tobaccos
into our
warehouse for the curing process. This allows us to choose the best
tobaccos
for our use. The rest is sold on the open market.
Our purpose and goal, is to rival the best cigars available on the
market. Experts
in Holland in February this year for instance, judged our "Robusto"
Don Luis,
just behind the Robusto Partagas No. 4 and better than all other
Nicaraguan and
Dominican rivals.
Don Olman Guzman
Marketing
We just had an article written about our factory, in the November 2006
issue
of SMOKE MAGAZINE. Our Friend and Contact at Smoke Magazine is:
Randy Tantlinger
Smoke Magazine
1907 Borland Road
Pittsburgh, PA. 15243
USA
Phone Number: 412-758-0202
email:
golfingaroundtown@yahoo.com
Smoke
Magazine - Fall 2006 Issue (Volume XI, Issue 4)
This interesting article by Randy Tantlinger, about Golf and cigars in
Costa Rica,
tells how he visits some of Costa Rica's best golf locations and
smokes plenty of
cigars.
In
addition to some great information about Costa Rica, his article
includes some
details about his visit to our Cigar Manufacturing Facility in
Puriscal, Costa Rica
an highlights our finest cigars.
It's good to see Costa Rica mentioned on the cover of Smoke Magazine,
many
people don't realize that Costa Rica has excellent Cigar Tobacco, and
creates
such high quality cigars.
I hope this will open up some hearts and
minds in the
United States and in the
International Market Place. The story is
semi posted
online right now at
www.smokemag.com (February
2007)
From David Diaz at Stogie Fresh on the Internet:
(Feb. 15 th, 2007) I have recently published a weekly pod
cast featuring Vegas
de Santiago cigars. You will find the pod cast here:
http://www.stogiefresh.com/journal/Site/Podcast/31421403
-6A4E-438C-A675-EC58839D800E.html
David Diaz aka "Dr. Stogie Fresh"
President, Stogie Fresh Online Cigar Publications
Stogie Fresh: devoted to the art and science of storing and aging
cigars.
Stogie Fresh:
http://www.stogiefresh.com
Email:
doc@stogiefresh.com
Our Vegas de Santiago Cigar Group
Visit our cigar group " VegasDeSantiago" on the web.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VegasDeSantiago
To interact with Cigar Lovers… all over the world, and
participate in our Cigar Forum, become a member, and
to share your cigar tips with other members. All our
new members… receive a free Cigar Sampler from
Vegas de Santiago!
Main Vegas de Santiago International Sales Website
Visit our Main International Vegas de Santiago Website here:
http://www.vegassantiago.com
To Find out more about our Cigars and Specials, Our Shipping and
Packaging, Women and Cigars, Buy Online! Wholesale and Retail,
Set up your International Wholesale Account and inquire about our
Wholesale Price List.
Also Visit Our Companion Website: CR Cigars
Visit CR Cigars here:
http://www.crcigars.com
To Find out about our Costa Rica History of Cigar Tobacco, Our
Famous Vegas de Santiago Brands, News Releases, The new Vegas
de Santiago “Chaman” (Shaman in English) Cigar, Cigar Information,
Cigar Accessories, Cigar Care, About Spanish Cedar, Cigar Tobacco
Growing in Costa Rica, Links, and much more!
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