page_title: José Blanco (cigar industrialist)
hierarchical_section_title: José Blanco (cigar industrialist)
caption_attribution_description: English: Jose Blanco
context_page_description: José Blanco is the former Senior Vice President of the oldest Nicaraguan cigar company, Joya de Nicaragua S.A., in Estelí, Nicaragua, and the former Sales Director of La Aurora, the oldest Dominican cigar company in Santiago, Dominican Republic. He is a master blender of cigars who is renowned not only for those skills but for his tasting seminars, in which he educates cigar consumers on the intricacies of cigar construction, tobacco blending, and taste.
context_section_description: José Blanco is the former Senior Vice President of the oldest Nicaraguan cigar company, Joya de Nicaragua S.A., in Estelí, Nicaragua, and the former Sales Director of La Aurora, the oldest Dominican cigar company in Santiago, Dominican Republic. He is a master blender of cigars who is renowned not only for those skills but for his tasting seminars, in which he educates cigar consumers on the intricacies of cigar construction, tobacco blending, and taste.
caption: Photo courtesy Emma Viktorsson
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