In 1962, José Orlando Padrón, a third-generation Cuban tobacco grower, ended up in Miami after the Castro regime confiscated his family’s farms. It took only two years for him to set up shop making ...

Cigar making is traditionally a family affair, with multiple generations working together in the factories and on the farms. Padrón, maker of some of the most coveted cigars in the world, is no ...

Jose Orlando Padron lights up a cigar at Padron Cigars headquarters at 1575 SW First St. as the company celebrated its 40th anniversary in Miami in 2004. AL DIAZ Miami Herald file photo The name of ...

MIAMI — The name of Jose Orlando Padron evokes the aroma and image of some of the best cigars in the world. Padron, the founder of Padron Cigars, died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital in Coconut Grove. He ...