{"id":1964,"date":"2025-12-07T07:32:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T07:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/?p=1964"},"modified":"2026-03-03T08:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:02:07","slug":"quai-dorsay-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/origin-of-cigar.com\/en\/quai-dorsay-geschichte\/","title":{"rendered":"Quai d'Orsay history - A French-Cuban liaison with brilliant origins"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Quai d'Orsay story begins in the early 1970s with an unusual initiative. It is an extraordinary political impulse from a non-cigar smoker<\/strong>. Val\u00e9ry Giscard d'Estaing, then Finance Minister and later President of France, wanted to have a cigar created that would carry his country's prestige around the world. It was to be light, elegant and could be paired with champagne and foie gras. It is worth noting that Giscard d'Estaing himself was not a cigar smoker; he may have been inspired by a box of cigars with his initials that he had received as a gift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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