The process of hand-making a cigar can take years, and Streatorite Larry Thomas got a firsthand look at it in Nicaragua last month.
Thomas owns Old Stogies Cigars & Barber Shop in Streator and traveled to Villa de San Antonio de Pavia de Estelí, Nicaragua, to see how Perdomo cigars are made. The business is owned by Nick and Janine Perdomo, who started in their garage in Miami 23 years ago. Their Estelí operation now employs 4,300 people across seven tobacco farms and the production factory.
"Nick and Janine were our group's tour guides and shared every aspect of their business and the processes involved in making a line of cigars that are rated some of the best by the industry and consumers," Thomas said. "The tour was an intense and totally vertical look at the entire process of cigar production." Read More>
