Today’s cigar comes to us from former NASA employee, Omar de Frias. The name Navetta Inverso translates from Italian as Shuttle Inverse. The cigar was introduced at the 2018 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show in July and it takes the Fratello Navetta and reverses the leaves creating a new experience for the cigar smoker. Manufactured in Nicaragua at the Joya de Nicaragua faculty for Fratello Cigars, today we review the Corona Gorda. Cigar Review: Fratello Navetta […]
Omar de Frias owner of Fratello cigars has sent out an email announcing Navetta Inverso is beginning to ship to retailers on Monday, October 29th. The name Navetta Inverso translates from Italian as Shuttle Inverse. The cigar was introduced at the 2018 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show in July. Blended with a Nicaraguan wrapper, Ecuador binder and Dominican and Nicaragua filler. According to the company, Inverso is rich in flavor and full in body. Navetta […]
Omar de Frias owner of Fratello Cigars announce today the debut of Navetta Inverso at this year’s IPCPR. Translated “inversed shuttle” in Italian, Navetta Inverso is all about us using the same tobaccos we used under Navetta but literally inversing all the tobaccos. The result of this change was incredible. “It does not seize to amaze me how one leaf of tobacco can change a blend entirely. In our case we changed it all.” Said […]
The word Navetta is Italian and translates to Shuttle which ties into the fact that Omar worked on over 15 Space Shuttle mission while he worked at NASA before leaving the agency to concentrate on the cigar industry full time. Released last year at the 2017 IPCPR trade show, today we look at the Fratello Navetta Discovery which is the Robusto. Cigar: Fratello Navetta Wrapper: Ecuador Habano Oscuro Binder: Dominican Republic Viso Filler: Nicaragua (Single Origin Jalapa) Length: 5″ Guage: 50 […]
At the 2017 IPCPR in Las Vegas Omar de Frias was proudly showing off his latest creation that was set to see it’s nationwide release in the Fratello Navetta. The word Navetta is Italian and translates to Shuttle which ties into the fact that Omar worked on over 15 Space Shuttle mission while he worked at NASA. The cigar uses high priming Ligero and Visos tobaccos including single origin proprietary tobacco grown in Jalapa, Nicaragua. […]
We’ve all heard the stories about how he left NASA now Omar De Frias the man behind Fratallo cigars and the maker of the 2017 Firecracker takes us behind the scenes where he introduces the new Fratello Navetta. The name translates shuttle in Italian and is blended with an Ecuador Oscuro wrapper. The blend will be featured in 4 vitolas. Robusto Discovery (5 x 50) 10.50 Toro Endeavor (6 ¼ x 54) 11.25 Gordo Enterprise […]
Omar de Frias owner of Fratello Cigars has announced the release of Fratello Navetta which is set debut at the IPCPR 2017. Translated shuttle in Italian, Fratello Navetta is a dream project de Frias envisioned while at NASA. “Blending Fratello Naveta was special as I wanted to translate the ultimate celebration our men and women of the space program felt after a successful mission. After being part of over 21 missions nothing beats the feeling […]