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.
Springfield, VA (October 15, 2015) – Fratello is unveiling their first limited run The Boxer Series. “The 2014 release of the Fratello Boxer was a great success for our company. We tweaked the Fratello blend, box-pressed the cigar and people loved it,” said de Frias. The boxer series was born from the success of the Fratello Boxer.
Fratello Cigars has announced a new size in their Fratello state series; The Texan - a toro. The Fratello Texan 6 x50 Toro was first sold as part of the company’s Fresh Packs and starting April 1st 2023 will be dressed in a new 20 Count box with an MSRP of $10.50 per cigar.
Fratello Cigars is adding a new blend to their portfolio: Fratello Piccolo. The blend is based on the Classico blend but uses a different wrapper and is in a new vitola. The wrapper on the Fratello Piccolo is an Ecuadorian Habano. This replaces the Nicaraugan Habano on the original.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Fratello Cigars is releasing a fresh pack of cigars containing two new blends. The other cigars in the pack are Fratello Classico in a new viotla, a 6 x 50 toro, and the Fratello Bianco II.