If you enjoy the smooth taste of Romeo y Julieta but only want to smoke the best, the Romeo y Julieta Vintage is an excellent selection.

The legendary Romeo y Julieta tale continues with the Romeo y Julieta Vintage. As one of the most popular cigars in the world, the Romeo y Julieta brand debuted in Cuba in 1875 and has since established a strong reputation for uncompromising quality and flavor. Almost, 100 years after the brands creation, production expanded outside of Cuba and a new chapter was about to begin.

The Romeo y Julieta Vintage was the second non Cuban blend to come out of the Dominican Republic. The selection of extra aged tobacco leaves chosen during the blending process has lent to a cigar that is so subtle and smooth you may not ever want to smoke anything else ever again. While the blend is surprisingly smooth, the cigar is very complex and multidimensional, with many competing aromas and flavor changes over the course of the smoke.

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Ask cigar smokers around the world which country produces the best cigars and quite often the answer you’ll get will be ‘Cuba’. But is that really the case or is it just a myth?

There’s no doubt that Cuba certainly does produce some fine cigars and many people point to the cigars that use tobacco leaf from the Vuelta Abajo district in Pinar del Rio as the finest example of Cuban cigars. But using the quality of the tobacco leaf from one small area in a country as an indicator of quality for all cigars that come out of that country is quite a large leap of faith and one that may not be justified.

Nick Perdomo

Tabacalera Perdomo, or Nick’s Cigars, as it was styled when it began, is one of the few companies that started during the boom, and prospered, obviously, delivering what cigar smokers wanted. Nick Perdomo is a very personable guy, who is an accomplished drummer, a collector of fine wrist watches and a devotee of fine clothing and men’s accessories. It goes without saying he is an avid cigar smoker! Currently, his ‘extracurricular’ activities include running for commissioner in his home town of Miami Lakes, FL.

The Perdomo facilities in Esteli, Nicaragua are totally integrated. From the agronomy to the growing, curing and fermenting, blending, rolling and package manufacturing, it’s all done at the companies elaborate facility on “Perdomo Avenue.” I had the opportunity to sit down with Nick and talk about Perdomo cigars; where they’ve been, where they are and where they are going.

From the minute you see the old scarred, double wooden doors; you understand that this restaurant has something special about it as far as the décor is concerned. With sections of butcher block walls; stainless steel, marble and lighting fixtures fabricated from ‘meat hooks, the premises were warm and inviting. It took a little more time to realize that the same attention to detail, given to the design of Quality Meats, has been given to the menu, wine list and all the ingredients and recipes of Chef Craig Koketsu.

Exile is a rare and exquisite cigar brand that celebrates the time-honored traditions of pre-embargo Cuban cigar making. Photo by Michael Sherwood of Stiletto Studios in Clearwater, FL.

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