My Father Cigars SA, the production facility run by the Garcia family in Estelí, Nicaragua, has earned the Prime Time Award for Large Factory of the Year for 2024. This award considers factors such as innovation, quality, and industry impact from a large factory. The My Father Cigars factory has now won this award a record-setting three times, with all three wins coming in consecutive years.
The My Father Cigars factory has had phenomenal success for the past few years. In addition to supplying cigars for its own brands at My Father Cigars, the factory continues to deliver quality releases for many other companies. These companies include Tatuaje, Ashton, Crowned Heads, and now, more recently, Foundation Cigars. My Father Cigars demonstrated continuous innovation while maintaining high product quality, and our team took note. My Father Cigars appeared on all seven ballots, including three first-place votes.
For more details on our selection process, click here.
The full vote results appear here.
Complete List Winners (Refined as Large Factory of the Year in 2017)
2014 Casa Fernandez (Multiple locations: Nicaragua, United States)
2015 Davidoff, Dominican Republic, Honduras
2016 Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia, Dominican Republic
2017 Plasencia S.A., Nicaragua
2018 Fábrica de Tabacos Joya de Nicaragua, S.A., Nicaragua
2019 Tabacalera AJ Fernandez Cigars de Nicaragua S.A., Nicaragua
2020 Fábrica de Tabacos Joya de Nicaragua, S.A., Nicaragua
2021 Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia, Dominican Republic
2022 My Father Cigars SA, Nicaragua
2023 My Father Cigars SA, Nicaragua
2024 My Father Cigars SA, Nicaragua
Photo Credit: Cigar Coop
January 29, 2025 @ 10:18 pm
3-peat. Wow