The Formidable Factory: A Q&A With Abe Flores, Owner PDR Cigars

 

(Cigar Aficionado) When Abe Flores left the Dominican Republic in 1989, the cigar business was the last thing on his mind. After he graduated college and tried a career in the software and technology industries, the dot-com bubble burst, leaving Flores unemployed and unfocused. But his tech know-how landed him a job developing a website for a cigar retailer. Now, he's back in the Dominican Republic, and making 5 million cigars a year at a formidable factory that few outside the industry have heard of—PDR Cigars. Continued