Zino Platinum

A cigar brand manufactured by Swiss-based Oettinger Davidoff AG

Family: Oettinger Davidoff AG
Home: Basel, Switzerland
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The house

The story of Zino Platinum

Zino Platinum is among the cigar brands manufactured by Oettinger Davidoff AG, alongside Davidoff and Camacho. The company is based in Basel, Switzerland.

The name recalls Zino Davidoff, the Swiss cigar merchant who ran a specialist tobacco shop in Geneva from 1926 until 1994. Davidoff first released cigars bearing his name in 1968, and Oettinger AG acquired the rights to the Davidoff trademark in 1970.

Davidoff ended Cuban production and began making cigars in the Dominican Republic in 1990 through Tabadom, owned by Hendrik Kelner. Today, Oettinger Davidoff AG produces cigars, including Zino Platinum, in the Dominican Republic and Honduras.

Milestones

Moments that made the house

1926
Geneva tobacco shop
Zino Davidoff began running a specialist tobacco shop in Geneva, Switzerland.
1968
Davidoff cigars released
The first cigars carrying the Davidoff name were released.
1970
Trademark acquired
Oettinger AG of Basel acquired the rights to the Davidoff trademark.
1990
Dominican production begins
Davidoff began producing cigars in the Dominican Republic with Tabadom.
1994
Zino Davidoff dies
Zino Davidoff died in Geneva, Switzerland, at the age of 87.

Craft

How they make them

Zino Platinum cigars are produced in the Dominican Republic and Honduras. Oettinger Davidoff AG sources tobacco from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Ecuador, Honduras and the United States of America.

Details

Things most people don't know

Ownership: Zino Platinum is manufactured by Oettinger Davidoff AG.
Production countries: The company's cigars are produced in the Dominican Republic and Honduras.
Tobacco origins: Oettinger Davidoff AG sources tobacco from eight countries across the Americas.
Namesake: Zino Davidoff was known as the "King of Cigars".

In the humidor