Guys and Gals,
Again, want to say that I have been away for the last two or three months, but this is my hard period every year. So I have missed all the good, bad and ugly that's been cooking round these ways.
NOSOTROS: let me begin by saying that Dion Giolito is my friend. Before we got to doing business together, I took a liking to his style, raw honest vision, and most importantly, those damn 88 and 68's became part of my monthly rotation, if not daily.
Drew Estate has never been a company to look for brands to make for other people/Distributors/ brand owners, stores, famous people, infamous people, whatever. However, Dion truly inspired me and I pursued working TOGETHER with him on a very special, refined product. Things moved along and we dropped the Nosotros. Everyone was pumped up about it cause it promised to be a great collabo, but we screwed it up for various reasons, with indifference to who's fault it is.
When we realized that Nosotros needed to be dealt with, we spoke about it together, agonized about it together and made a decision to quit (almost together). So here is the bottom line. Dion is a real cigar guy, with great vision, a good heart, and a damn good palate. Any time that he wants to get together and produce a product that we can BOTH be proud of, my door is ALWAYS open to him. In the meantime, Ima keep burning those Epernay and supporting Dion as a final consumer.
Finally, there are rumors that Nosotros will be sold on the market in one fashion or the other, and this may be true. There are rumors that they are all well aged, and in absolutely perfect condition, and this may be true as well. There are rumors that they will be sold at a killer price, and this may be true too.
But for right now, I can't answer anything. I just want to smoke my damn Dirty Rat, and maybe later a Liga Privada "L40" Lancero.
Best to all you guys and Happy Holidays.
JD