About The Blender: Alberto J. Medina

Many years ago while in my home country, I decided to migrate to the United States, searching for a better life and the American Dream, full of hope, with a bass guitar in hand, and empty pockets. I relocated to Miami, Florida, a city which has become my home away from home, and after years of hard work as a bass guitar player, in 1996, I made the painful and risky decision to sell my partner, my beloved Bass Guitar, and use the money to rent a small space  in Little Havana to start experimenting on how to elaborate a great blend for a good tasting cigar.

 The first Cigar samples were sent to Cigar Aficionado for proper tasting , and what an enormous surprise, when they rated my cigars  as excellent.

 I felt very grateful to them as their actions helped to place my brand in the cigar market. But as the demand for my product grew, my commitments also did, and a huge problem arose. I never registered the PIO name as my trade mark, and someone else did, taking advantage of my well known Cigar Brand and my good nature as a human being. Weeks later, my small Cigar  factory was vandalized and everything that I had worked so hard for  was stolen, including my cigar production and tobacco leaves. After 10 years of producing PIO cigars I had nothing, and my investments were all gone.

Sitting back was no option for me; I had a one goal in my  heart and mind, recovering my Cigar Brand. With no money  to afford an attorney, I filed a legal complaint by myself against those who stole my Cigar brand, and after 5 years of legal fighting, I got my brand back and reinstated. Once on the road again, in 2009, I started my cigar production and came up with the perfect name, PIO Resurrection "Box Pressed Cigar" Limited Edition. It was my way of honoring my efforts and sacrifices to be back in business with the cigars I loved so much.

 Today, after 15 years of dedication to the cigar business I have reached the following conclusion:

There’s not much  difference in being  a great bass player and being a great  cigar maker. It does not have to be a family tradition passed down from generations or from a specific country either, to be a great musician or cigar maker.It’s all about the love and dedication that one shows and gives to their  trade and the talent given by God...

 

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