雪茄制造商A.J. 费尔南德斯出生于古巴的农村，他的父亲伊斯梅尔是在政府的农业部门工作，一直和烟叶打交道。费尔南德斯13岁就开始去烟叶农场帮忙，2003年，费尔南德斯以探亲的名义前往尼加拉瓜，追随先行一步落脚尼加拉瓜的父亲。在那里，他们父子俩在父亲的表弟内斯特·普拉森西亚的帮助下，逐渐站稳脚，从代工雪茄业务做起，慢慢有了自己的烟叶田和雪茄厂，以及自有雪茄品牌。

费尔南德斯认为在卡斯特罗执政前的古巴是古巴烟草业最辉煌的日子，他希望推出一个新产品系列，名为“荣耀岁月”来纪念那段浪漫时期。

这个新系列使用的烟叶来自费尔南德斯在尼加拉瓜的四个烟草农场：雪松庄园（Finca los Cedros）、第一省份（La Providencia 1）、莉莉娅（La Lilia）、孤独庄园（La Soledad）。费尔南德斯介绍，这款雪茄使用的一部分烟草已经发酵了七年。

荣耀岁月系列有四个尺寸，每盒都是20支的装盒。短丘吉尔，48环径，6.5英寸。罗布图，52环径，5.5英寸。公牛，56环径，6英寸。高达，58环径，6英寸。这些雪茄的售价从每支9美元到12美元不等。雪茄是在尼加拉瓜的埃斯特利的费尔南德斯雪茄厂生产的。

2017年荣耀岁月这个系列在零售店曾经短暂上架，但费尔南德斯很快就不再生产，当时他想聚焦其他系列的产品，先把那些产品做好。

（这篇新闻2019年5月刊登在CigarAficionado杂志）

Cigarmaker A.J. Fernandez wants to pay homage to an idyllic time he believes were the glory days of Cuban tobacco—preCastro Cuba. His upcoming brand, Días De Gloria or “days of glory,” will be shown at next month’s IPCPR trade show. It’s a nod to this romanticized period in Cuba’s history before the Revolution, although the new cigar contains no Cuban tobacco. Rather, it’s made up of aged tobacco from four of Fernandez’s oldest farms in Nicaragua: Finca los Cedros, La Providencia 1, La Lilia and La Soledad. All four of these farms are located in Estelí.

“These are the four oldest farms I own,” says Fernandez, “and I’ve been setting aside tobacco from each farm and aging it for years for this blend. I want everyone to enjoy it like the glory days of old Cuba.”

According to Fernandez, some of the tobacco in the blend has been aged for up to seven years.

Días de Gloria comes in four sizes, each packed in boxes of 20: Short Churchill, which measures 6 1/2 inches by 48 ring gauge; Robusto, 5 1/2 by 52; Toro, 6 by 56; and Gordo, 6 by 58. The cigars retail from $9 to $12, respectively.

The Días de Gloria brand first made its retail appearance in early 2017, but Fernandez pulled it from the market shortly after, as he wanted to focus on other brands in his portfolio at the time.

The cigars are made at Fernandez’s namesake factory in Estelí, Nicaragua.