Evelio Oviedo, the master roller of our new super-premium Honduran puro, comes from a Cuban cigar making family. He gained his experience while working for 23 years at the H.Upmann factory in Havana. in 1961, as the head of the Cuban rollers' union and under intense pressure from the Castro regime, moved to Las Palmas, Grand Canary Island. There, the owner of th H.Upmann and Montecristo brand - Mendez and Garcia - had Oviedo open a factory for them. After running this factory for 11 years, he was hired to open facilities for La Insulara Tabacalara and developed the Montecruz, Flamenco, Don Marcos and Don Miguel brands. Soon after, he established the German-owned La Breman Alimania facilities. One year later, he left the cigar industry and moved to New York City.
Unhappy with not being in the cigar industry, Evelio was off to Brazil with th Menendez organization to open a facility at San Gonzalo Dos Campos. After opening this factory, he moved to Miami with the intent of permanent retirement. Nestor Plascencia, however, had other plans for Evelio. While experiencing some mysterious production problems with one of his brands, he sought the reputed master to come down to Honduras and help solve the problem. While there, Nestor told Evelio of his groups dream to produce cigars with original Cuban Quality and workmanship. His love for the "old ways" was inspired and with the assurance that he would be given total control over the process to ensure it duplicated the original Cuban style of cigar making, he agreed to assist with the setup of Nestor's new facilities to produce these exquisite cigars. Using a naturally sweet Ecuadorian wrapper, Evelio and Nestor Vintage are as close in taste and quality to the 1960's Havanas as Evelio's experience and our money could provide.
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