Recent content by John Oliva Jr

Andrew I missed you bud. Jefe told me you guys had one hell of a Friday night.

Pete I'm thinking a lancero or Culebra. Maybe even one like the little flavor bomb with the black label ;) you gave me at the RTDA.

Michael it was my great pleasure. I hope you and the guys enjoy them. John O.

Noted Andrew. Being blunt and mal-tempered (when you're in my end of the business) is my greatest shortfall. To everyone else (and mostly Wilkey) I'm sorry. I made an ASS of myself on the world wide web and Wilkey will be the beneficiary of my stupidity. Oh, and props to mr. mac who pointed out...

Being the idiot that I am I did not read Wilkey's post carefully enough on the "Dominican leaf to Cuba" thread and in the process made a complete ASS of myself. To Wilkey I'd like to apologize profusely. You guy's have an outstandinding community here and I don't want to disrupt that. Wilk...

Wilkey, I think you should reread my reply to Joe's post more clearly (no where did I state that all Cuban wrappers are underfermented. What I stated was that not all Cuban wrappers as well as their non-Cuban brethrean are fermented PROPERLY). As to the last sentence of your above post I'm...

Joe I would have to agree when PROPERLY grown and processed. Like everybody else they don't always get it right.

tig I've heard a lot about tobacco from Nicaragua going to Cuba which I can in no way substantiate. This is the first I've heard of tobacco from the DR finding it's way into Cuba. Personally I have a diffacult time believing it but a lot of things I've heard lately could (emphasis on could) make...

knuck, I just don't think so. Though climate (RH) undoubtedely plays a role in growing and fermenting tobacco I don't believe it's enough to contribute a "Cubanesque" profile in a cigar. In my opinion the over riding factor contributing to the unique properties of certain tobaccos is soil and...

Most of that video was shot at our farms and proccessing facility in Nicaragua.

They do not. Oliva Tobacco Co. (the growers, not the cigar makers are in Tampa).

For future refrence. We are two seperate and unrelated companies. We have been in bussiness since 1934 while the Oliva cigar people started around 1996. Our principle bussiness is growing wrapper, filler, and binder in Ecuador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Connceticut, and the DR. Many of the wrappers...

ERH LGC LFD Ligero Chisel LFD Oscuro Nat. AF Cuban Beli AF Chateau Ashton VSG DC Maximus CR Centro Fino AF 858 SG/Rosado RP Vintage JR Ultimate ERDM Don Diego Anniversario Trinidad TTT Aurora 1495 Oliva Special S (Not affiliated with me) LFD Double Ligero RyJ Anniversario RP SG There's a bunch...

Mrepp, I don't think so. Pepin has his own facility in Esteli now.