Perez-Carrillo: Next Generation

Date: July 3, 2009
Publisher: Cigar Cyclopedia
Author: Rich Perelman
Los Angeles, CA

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The name “Ernesto Perez-Carrillo” is renowned among smokers, and thousands are devoted to his famed La Gloria Cubana blends now produced by General Cigar.

He announced earlier this year that he would leave General Cigar and begin a new cigar company with his son Ernie and daughter Lissette. Ernesto (shown above at the Quesada 35th Anniversary launch party last Monday in New York) and Ernie were guests at last weekend’s Famous Smoke Shop Cigar Expo and Cigar-B-Que in Easton, Pennsylvania and we had a chance to sit with the youngest Carrillo, the 27-year-old Ernesto Perez-Carrillo and find out about the new venture.

“Both my sister and I – and my sister is also going to be involved in the business – basically grew up in the factory. Literally every day after school, from [age] 10 or 9, until I left for college. And I think my Dad’s dream was always for both of us to be part of the business, working full-time, really involved. But I think both of us felt we had to go out and do our own thing, gain some experience and then take it from there. Read more