J.C. Newman Cigar Co. is America's oldest family-owned premium cigar company, founded in 1895 in Cleveland and now based in Tampa, Florida. The Newman family produces cigars in the Dominican Republic through a longtime partnership with Arturo Fuente—a relationship that has endured across generations and produced some of the finest ultra-premium lines in the industry.
The company's flagship Diamond Crown line, handmade at Tabacalera A. Fuente, represents the pinnacle of the Newman-Fuente collaboration. J.C. Newman embodies American cigar history: a family business that survived Prohibition, the Cuban embargo, industry consolidation, and changing consumer tastes by betting on quality partnerships rather than vertical integration alone.