From Space to Smoke: Omar de Frias Resigns from NASA. Springfield, VA (October 17, 2016) – Omar de Frias, owner of Fratello Cigars, has resigned from NASA after more than a decade.
Omar de Frias announced that Samuel Dietz has been hired at Fratello Cigars as the Director of Sales for the Mid-Atlantic.
Springfield, VA (May 5th, 2016) – Fratello Cigars launches the Fratello Ambassador Program. Fratello has officially retained the services of Jon Palmer and Jeremy Seely to lead this endeavor.
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"I wanted to really give high praise for this cigar. When doing a blind review and coming across something so familiar, it almost gets your hopes up too much. The anticipation and buildup can end up having the opposite effect of one you'd expect. Fortunately, this wasn't completely the case for me. Sure, there were some issues related to construction, but I do feel like it was able to overcome them and give me an experience I would not mind repeating. With flavors like salt, sweet tobacco and marzipan blending together in harmony, this worked out well for me." -Doug S. (Unpossible_1)
Fratello Cigars has announced new distribution in the countries of Belgium and Luxembourg through an exclusive distribution agreement with Media Rueda. The cigars will be available in though countries as of today. Crowned Heads and Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust also use Media Rueda for international distributions.
Fratello Cigars has announced that they have hired Zev Kaminetsky as the new VP of Sales for Fratello Cigars. Kaminetsky has been in the industry for over almost 15 years spending time at Camacho, Drew Estate and most recently as National Sales Director for Royal Agio Cigars USA (Balmoral Premium Cigars) which recently stopped making cigars for the US.
Omar de Frias, owner of Fratello Cigars, has announced a new product for the company - Fratello Beer. This comes about as a partnership between Fratello and Adroit Theory Brewery in Purcerville, VA to create this new product in three styles.
Press Release - In 2006, David Garofalo, the owner and founder of Two Guys Smoke Shop came up with an idea some called “loco,” Spanish for crazy. The FIRECRACKER, a short format cigar with a head that resembled a fuse. Its first release was in 2007 and manufactured by Don Pepin Garcia at the El Rey de los Habanos Factory in Miami Florida USA. Later the next version was made again by Pepin Garcia but this time in Nicaragua at Tabacalera Cubana. Next came a version called the M80 also done at Tabacalera Cubana and a second version done at the My Father Cigar Factory.
Fratello Cigars has announced a brand new offshoot of their Fratello Camo line, Fratello Camo Nicaragua. The Camo Nicaragua will be released in a Habano, Maduro, Connecticut, and a Connecticut Sweet tip. The Camo Nicaragua was shown off at Tobacco Plus Expo 2023.
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"The flavor was slightly light and one note, but it was a nice sweet floral and cedar flavor. The cigar had a good creaminess until the final third, which transitioned into a heavy, bitter bite. The cigar smoked fast and seemed light, so I'm unsure if it was underfilled or mix-filled. I would smoke it again at the right price, but it is not the most complex stick." -Lauren S. (Lauren S.)