CIGARS – FOCUS ON FLAVOUR PHILOSOPHY

Consuelo Gomez is quite possibly the only woman ever to own and operate a vertically integrated cigar company. She began growing her own tobacco and opened her own factory shortly after she founded Amos de Santiago.

“My father, Juan Gomez, had grown tobacco since I was a little girl. She had a dream to open a factory, but never accomplished it”, Gomez reveals. In 2009, I founded Tabacalera Lizsh in Tamboil, Dominican Republic, to fulfil that dream for him.

Born in the small town of Moca, about 25 miles east of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, Consuelo is of modest beginnings. In 1995, she started working for the prestigious Arturo Fuente factory. Knowing nothing about making cigars, other than the tobacco experience she shared with her father, Gomez enrolled in the Fuente school for tabaqueros.

She was a natural. After spending nine years with the Fuente, Consuelo embarked on her journey to the United States and introduced her own line of cigars. After chasing her dreams by sleeping on air mattresses and cleaning bathrooms to make ends meet, Consuelo now works with two partners and a few salespeople to grow her business to the next level – production is accelerating, sales are increasing and shelves in humidors are expanding. Amos de Santiago cigars have been well received because of the company’s Focus on flavour philosophy”.

Rather than overwhelming the smoker with powerful cigars that lose definition on the palate, we ensure a rich flavourful experience that is meant to be savoured, explains Gomez. We believe our focus on flavour philosophy sets us apart from every other manufacturer.

Amos de Santiago’s best selling blend is a unique Triple wrap. Containing three wrappers it is also the most limited production cigar the company makes. There are only two rollers in the factory who can produce it. Consuelo Gomez built Amos de Santiago from the ground up and today he is working to expand her brand until it becomes a household name recognisable in every reputable cigar shop around the world. We are in it more for pleasuring our cigar smoking audience than anything else says Gomez.

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