Fratello Cigars has hired Justin Harris as Director of Operations. Harris will oversee day-to-day operations for the company's Springfield, VA office. Duties will include customer relations, human resources, logistics, process and quality improvement and new initiatives.
Today, Omar de Frias announced Robert Hernandez as the new Regional Sales Manager for Florida and Georgia.
Omar de Frias announced today a new cigar exclusive to Old Virginia Tobacco (OVTC), Fratello Esclusivo Connecticut. Last year, Old Virginia Tobacco and Fratello launched the Esclusivo, which was a 5 x 52 piramide using a Habano Nicaragua wrapper. The new blend uses an Ecuador Connecticut wrapper, Nicaraguan binder, and Nicaragua and Dominican fillers. Esclusivo Connecticut comes in one vitola, a 6 x 52 parejo. Only 300 boxes of 20 were made. Esclusivo Connecticut will sell at all 7 stores of the Northern Virginia chain.
"There is only one word to describe this cigar, phenomenal. Flavors were on point, construction was nearly flawless and it made the time spent smoking it memorable. I would recommend this cigar to anyone that loves a deep, dark, flavorful cigar. Hands down, this cigar is a Box buy and I can't wait to find out what it is so I could do just THAT!" -Estevan Z. (TheRealBanzi)
Last year, Fratello Cigars and Omar de Frias released two new blends, Sorella vs Arlequin, as a part of their "Space Fresh Packs" sampler. The idea was to get market feedback and see which blend customers preferred. Back in June, the company announced that they were releasing Arlequin to the U.S. market, as that was the blend they preferred. It turns out everyone outside the U.S. preferred Sorella. So now, they are increasing that cigar to international markets.
Fratello Cigars has announced the return of its popular regional cigars: DMV. This series was create as tribute to the region where the company started. DMV stands for District (Washington DC), Maryland and Virgina but also includes Delaware. As with last years release, each region gets their own special size. But, this year, each blend will be different.
Fratello Cigars announced today two new exclusive sizes in the Navetta and Navetta Inverso lines. Both will be chuchills and available only at Tobaccology. Only 5,000 of each cigar was made and come in a split box containing both blends. This is the fifth store exclusive offered by Fratello.
Today, Omar de Frias announced that Fratello Cigars would be bringing three new bundled cigars to the TPE 2020 tradeshow: Fratello Blu, Fratello Rosso and Fratello Verde.
Fratello Cigars announced today the shipment of their new Camo series. These new bundle cigars were announced in January just before the TPE trade show.
Omar de Frias has announced a new cigar today, exclusive to the state of Pennsylvania: "The Pennsylvanian." This is the third in a series of state exclusive cigars.