{"product_id":"la-palina-el-diario","title":"La Palina El Diario","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artocle-details-caption-area\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"article-description-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description-sub\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"desc\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-pasted=\"true\"\u003eThe history of La Palina begins in Chicago in 1896, when Samuel Paley established the Congress Cigar Company and named his signature cigar after his wife, Goldie Drell Paley. His son, William S. Paley, would eventually leave the family business and build something considerably larger: CBS. More than a century later, Samuel's grandson, Bill Paley, resurrected La Palina in 2010, initially producing an expensive collection of cigars at the Graycliff factory in the Bahamas. The revival was as much a family project as a commercial one, with cigars named after Paley's parents, wife, and other relatives. But with prices approaching $20 or more per cigar, the new La Palina was hardly something most smokers could enjoy every day. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat changed in 2011 with El Diario, Spanish for The Daily. Paley wanted a cigar that would carry the La Palina name without the expense of the original Family Series. He turned to the Raíces Cubanas factory in Honduras, creating a blend of Honduran Corojo Rosado wrapper, two Honduran binders, and Nicaraguan Corojo and Criollo fillers. The result was considerably more affordable, with original retail prices around $9 to $10. There was also a historical connection behind the name. Samuel Paley had once worked as a lector, reading aloud to workers in a cigar factory, and El Diario recalled that tradition of newspapers and storytelling. The line eventually produced the unusually strong, small-ring-gauge KB, short for Kill Bill, which became popular enough to establish its own identity. What began as La Palina's less expensive alternative became one of the company's defining releases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Standard \u0026 Twain","offers":[{"title":"10 \/ Toro (6 x 50)","offer_id":67949753991242,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20 \/ Toro (6 x 50)","offer_id":67949754024010,"sku":null,"price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/1110\/8934\/files\/DSCF5107.jpg?v=1794377948","url":"https:\/\/standardandtwain.com\/products\/la-palina-el-diario","provider":"Standard \u0026 Twain","version":"1.0","type":"link"}