Roberto Ramirez was born in Cuba to a family of cigar rollers and tobacco harvesters. He was raised on a tobacco farm. At the very early age of 9, he was taught by his father everything about tobacco farming as well as the art of rolling cigars by hand.
Mr. Ramirez's love of tobacco and cigar rolling grew as he got older and so did his talent for the art of rolling a top quality cigar. He worked at different factories throughout the province of La Villas and Havana City. In 1976 and 1988, he was named # 1 cigar roller in Cuba; he is presently one of the top ten cigar rollers in the world. Before coming to the United States14 years ago, he was Head Master Roller in charge of quality control for a large cigar factory of 500 cigar rollers in Santa Clara city.
Since he has been in the United States, Mr. Ramirez has continued to excel in the art of cigar rolling. He resides in Tampa, Florida , where he works in Historic Ybor City (cigar capital of the world), keeping alive the tradition of so many years in this city. Pay him a visit La Herencia de Cuba, located on La Sétima (7th Avenue) in the heart of Ybor City.
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