About The Cigar Makers & Blender Alberto J. Medina http://www.piocigar.com/mycompany.htm Best & Most Exclusive Boutique Cigar In The USA Market, Established In 1996 By Alberto J. Medina Thu, 17 May 2012 18:44:29 GMT Web Easy by Avanquest Software 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.

 Today, after 16 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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