Illusione will be the new distributor for Amendola Family Cigar Co.

Amendola was launched in 2017 by Jeffrey Amendola. Currently, the company has cigars made at three Nicaraguan factories: AJ Fernandez, La Zona Cigar Factory and Tabacos Valle de Jalapa S.A. (TABSA.)

“I am grateful every day to my grandparents who arrived in the United States from Italy, penniless, and created a better life for us,” said Amendola, in a press release. “Amendola cigars was created in honor of them and my Italian heritage. Together with my business partner and best friend, Christopher Monaco, we look forward to working closely with the Illusione Cigars team to further expose our story and Amendola Cigars to the smoking public.”

In addition to Amendola, Illusione also distributes Cavalier Genève.

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I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.