The storied history of Nat Sherman cigars dates back to 1930, when the founder, Nat Sherman, acquired the Havana cigar brand Epoca. For many years, Nat Sherman's cigar business was consdiered secondondary to their core business manufacturing luxury cigarettes.
Fast forward to modern times, premium cigar brands such as Metropolitan and Host have since been developed in the 1990s.
In 2011, the business got a major boost from a new release brand called Nat Sherman Timeless which had huge appeal to the modern cigar market, and it acheived top status on Cigar Aficionado's list of Top 25 Cigars of 2012, and subsequently went on to be a top-seller for Nat Sherman Cigars.
Source: Cigar Aficionado Magazine