The Family
We're a family of cigar people. Meet the family behind the factory.
Our family has been in cigars for over forty years.
Today, Tirso and Roman Ripoll run the company. Daniel Ripoll, Gabriel Ripoll Jr.’s grandchild, is now joining the family business.
Meet the family
From our founder's grandfather to his grandchild.
Antonio GimenezFirst in our family to work in cigars, and the inspiration for Gabriel Ripoll Jr.
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Gabriel Ripoll Sr.Our founder's father, after whom our factory is named
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Gabriel "El Magnifico" Gimenez Ripoll Jr.Founder
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Tirso RipollGeneral manager -
Roman RipollSales and marketing director
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Daniel RipollAssistant Manager, Business Development
How we got here
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1890sFrom Spain
Antonio Gimenez comes to the Philippines
Our founder's grandfather, Antonio Gimenez, came to the Philippines from Spain in the 1890s. He is the reason the company exists, and our Antonio Gimenez line carries his name.
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1960s
Gabriel Ripoll Jr. starts out in cigars
Our founder has spent his working life in cigars, starting in the 1960s. Around here, he is Pareng Jun (“buddy Jun” in English), and Pajune to his grandchildren.
Gabriel Ripoll Jr. and his father, Gabriel Ripoll Sr., in front of the factory. -
1993Taft Avenue, Manila
A workshop of his own
In 1993, he opened a small workshop of his own on Taft Avenue in Manila.
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TodaySan Pedro, Laguna
The family factory
That workshop grew into the factory we run today in San Pedro, Laguna. It is named after Gabriel Ripoll Sr., our founder's father, and it is still owned and run by our family.
Tirso and Roman Ripoll, beside a view of the workshop in San Pedro, Laguna.
Grown in Tubao Valley
We roll in the Manila cigar tradition, with tobacco grown in northern Luzon, in Tubao Valley in La Union and in Isabela. Our Isabela pais descends from Spanish-era plantings, and it gives our cigars a character all their own, distinct from Cuban and Dominican cigars.
The house marks
The Tabaqueria de Filipinas crest, our company mark. 
The 1898 Independencia crest. 
Antonio Gimenez, the line named after our founder's grandfather. 
The Flor de Filipinas crest.
The line posters
1898 Independencia poster. 
Antonio Gimenez poster. 
A Flor de Filipinas poster.
From the archive
Earlier Antonio Gimenez packaging.
An earlier Antonio Gimenez label with the portrait of our founder’s grandfather. 
An Antonio Gimenez sampler in its original presentation box.
Come and talk to us
Over forty years in cigars, passed down from generation to generation.
If something here gives you an idea, ask us. A name on the band, a box made for an occasion, a cigar for your own shelves: write to us and tell us what you have in mind.
Or email us at info@tabaqueria.com