Molina Cigar Co. is proud to present to you the product of its passion for
the art of the handmade cigar. With its roots in the retail and distribution
segments of the premium cigar industry, the Molina family has entered the
cigar-making portion and is proud to service retailers and more importantly, the
end consumer: you, the cigar smoker.
We are proud to begin our history with our first brand, Devil’s Weed, which has
been released to coincide with the 515th anniversary of the landing of Columbus
and the discovery of tabaco. We hope you will enjoy the fruit of our labor as we
aim to satisfy the true followers of tabaco.
My family and I thank you and we hope that you will see our cigar in your local
smokeshop soon.
With esteem and honor,
In 1492, the Old World discovered in the New World, God's great gift - Tabaco.
Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus) returned to Spain with the new discovery
and from there the glorious plant would change the history of man and his world
forever.
The first people to condemn this wonder of nature were the Spanish Inquisitors.
They desecrated the plant by referring to it as the "Devil's Weed." Rodrigo de
Jerez was one of Colón's sailors who fell entranced by tabaco. For his constant
use of the plant, he was imprisoned by the Spanish Inquisition.
515 years later, Molina Cigar Co., is proud to present to you the result of the
sublime works of man, nature and God.
Enjoy my family's cigar and praise tabaco just as men of the ancient and modern
world have for centuries; for tabaco is not a tool of the devil, but God's great
gift to all of us.
Born in the Dominican Republic in the hallowed halls of Don Leoncio, SA, Devil's
Weed is the ultimate tribute to the cigar itself. You may think that the
philosophies and actions of today's ever-increasing anti-tabaco groups are the
strictest and most draconian the world has known. Surprisingly they do not claim
trophy to such description; the Spanish Inquisition (yes, no one ever suspects
the Spanish Inquisition) was the world's first anti-tabaco group (and one of the
most extreme). Jerez was imprisoned by the tabaco-hating zealots and many people
in his hometown thought the smoke escaping his facial orifices was actually his
soul escaping.
Devil's Weed is meant to underscore to humanity that tabaco is not a tool of the
devil but actually God's great gift to all of us. Devil's Weed is a tribute to
you, the cigar smoker, who understand what the cigar can do for you and your
fellow friends. We do not need to say anymore, except to enjoy life, family,
friends and being. Here's to you, o lover of geometry, philosophy and all things
epicurean, the cigar smoker.
The history of the factory of Don Leoncio is one over 80 years in the making.
Named for his father, the tabacalera is headed by Juan Rodriguez whose family
has been involved in cigar production for two generations. Juan and his two
brothers have worked for three famed cigar factories on the island of the
Dominican Republic for over 30 years and with the American spirit, decided to
make a living for themselves. Now in its 5th year of operation, Don Leoncio only
hires the most talented staff of torcedores and uses the choicest of tabaco
leaves. The operation devotes its own designated space for the production of
Devil's Weed for Molina Cigar Co. With over thirty years of rolling cigar
himself, Juan Rodriguez and his team of tabaco artisans pride themselves in
producing the most
This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 14 May, 2008.
