Up Close & Personal w/ Cigar Maker, Nick Perdomo Jr.

It was a real pleasure to interview Nick Perdomo Jr., founder and president of Perdomo Cigars. A remarkable family story that spans almost 3 generations. Starting with his grandpa Silvio who started his cigar careen in the 1930′s. Silvio apprenticed first at Cuesta y Cia in the early 1930’s before leaving to practice his art at the H. Upmann factory from 1937 to 1945; and at the famed Partagas factory until 1959. It is also where his son, Nick Perdomo, Sr. was born and began his apprenticeship in 1948 at the Marin & Trujillo factory before earning accolades for his craftsmanship and making his own way to join his father at Partagas. “Things were going so well then, my father and I were just beginning to establish ourselves and obtain recognition for our work,” said Nick, Sr., an imposing wrecking ball of a man with a soft voice and a heart as big as his frame. “But then Castro destroyed everything – our country, our lives and our freedom.”

Listen as Nick recounts his family’s story and shares how he went from Navy Air Traffic Controller to reviving his grandfather’s and father’s dream of creating some of the best cigars.

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