Manila cigars, wholesale,
for your lounge or your shelf
For cigar lounges, hotel bars, boutiques, beach clubs and duty free: how to buy Basco y Vargas cigars wholesale, what arrives with them, and how the first order works. Importers and distributors have their own page, Partners.
Five kinds of counter
Cigar lounges
A Manila cigar on the menu that your guests have not tasted anywhere else, and a story to serve with it.
Hotel bars
Three vitolas, one origin, a humidor that fits behind the bar, and a House Cigar with your name on the band.
Boutiques
Boxes of twenty-five in Spanish cedar and gift boxes of ten in molave, with the lithograph inside the lid.
Beach clubs and terraces
A Corona for the afternoon, a Toro for the evening, and a humidor built for a sea breeze.
Duty free
A fourth origin next to the three the traveller already knows. Gift box of ten, sealed and labelled for the market.
The cigars, the box,
and everything around them
Three vitolas
Corona (ring 42), Robusto Maduro (ring 50) and Toro (ring 52), rolled by hand in Laguna from Cagayan Valley leaf and rested before they ship. Order any mix of the three.
Two boxes
Twenty-five in Spanish cedar branded with the seal, or ten in reclaimed molave with a capiz lid. Both ship with a Boveda pack at 69 %.
The venue kit
A humidor for the counter or the bar, band and box artwork for your menu, a two-page tasting guide, and a training hour for your staff, in person or on a call.
Four steps, no catalogue to wade through
Enquiry
The form on the Partners page, or a WhatsApp message. Tell us the venue, the city and roughly how many cigars a month. We answer within 48 hours with the wholesale terms.
Tasting kit
The three vitolas, sent to you, paid, and deducted from the first order. Taste them with the people who will sell them.
First order
From 1,000 cigars, shipped CIF to your port. Where a distributor is already appointed in your country, you order from them, with their own minimums, and we stay in the loop.
Launch
The humidor arrives with the cigars. A training hour, a launch evening with someone from the house if the calendar allows, and your venue on the Find page.
Before you write
What is the minimum order?
1,000 cigars for a first order, shipped CIF, in any mix of Corona, Robusto Maduro and Toro, in boxes of twenty-five or gift boxes of ten. Where a distributor is appointed in your country, you buy from them and their minimums apply.
How long does delivery take?
The cigars are rolled and rested in Laguna. Allow six to eight weeks from a confirmed order to arrival at your port, plus customs clearance in your country. Repeat orders are faster, because we keep stock resting for our partners.
Can we taste before we order?
Yes. The tasting kit holds the three vitolas. It is paid, and its price comes off your first order.
Do you give exclusivity?
Not at signature. Territories and volumes are agreed case by case, and exclusivity can follow once a market is proven. What we do promise is that we will not open a second counter on your street without talking to you first.
What licences do we need?
Whatever your country requires to import and sell tobacco: usually an import licence, an excise registration and the health warnings of your market on the box. We supply our side of the paperwork, certificates of origin, invoices and packing lists, and we already print the warning formats used in the Gulf and in Hong Kong.
What are the prices and margins?
Wholesale prices are in the terms we send after your enquiry, not on this page, because they depend on the market and on duties. Retailer and lounge margins are in line with the premium cigar trade.
Can we have our own band?
Yes, through the House Cigar programme: your venue's name on the band of one vitola, in a box that stays the house's. Details on the Partners page.
Tell us about your counter
The form takes two minutes. If you prefer to talk, customer service answers on WhatsApp in English and French.