近期，哈姆雷特·帕雷德斯從工作七年之久的洛基·帕特爾雪茄公司離職，前往羅伯特·福克斯和羅伯·阿亞拉所有的在線雪茄拍賣公司邦德·羅伯茨公司擔任顧問。

帕雷德斯工作之初是在古巴的帕特加斯雪茄廠做一名卷茄師，他可以算得上是古巴最好的卷茄師，之后作為古巴哈伯納斯公司的卷煙大使在世界各地的專賣店進行店堂卷茄活動的展示。洛基·帕特爾在倫敦的一次活動中認識帕雷德斯，后者的雪茄知識給洛基·帕特爾留下了深刻的印象，他邀請帕雷德斯去自己的公司工作。

哈姆雷特·帕雷德斯在手工雪茄卷制方面的水平已經達到“自由人”的匠人級別，據說這種水平和級別的卷茄師可以不借助任何模具和壓機把煙葉卷成可以抽食的成品雪茄。如果你在過去20年抽過相當數量的古巴雪茄，其中一定有帕雷德斯的作品。

2015年帕雷德斯加入了洛基·帕特爾雪茄公司，當年他的首個品牌上市，這是帕雷德斯第一次與非古雪茄品牌合作。

雖然帕雷德斯8月底辭職，但是洛基·帕特爾雪茄公司仍然完全擁有哈姆雷特雪茄的商標，包括哈姆雷特的解放、哈姆雷特25周年等品牌。

公司執(zhí)行副總裁尼什·帕特爾說，Tabaquero Hamlet Paredes（哈姆雷特·帕雷德斯煙草商）這個牌子將停產，其他哈姆雷特系列雪茄將繼續(xù)生產，大概占公司總銷售額的1%。

洛基·帕特爾說：帕雷德斯給我們留下了很好的印象，我們仍然是朋友。我們希望他一切順利。

After seven years with Rocky Patel Premium Cigars, Hamlet Paredes has left the company to work as a consultant for Bond Roberts, an online cigar auction house owned by Robert Fox and Rob Ayala.

Paredes started as a cigar roller in Cuba’s Partagás factory before serving as an ambassador for Habanos S.A. where he would perform in-shop rolling demonstrations around the world. Cigarmaker and brand owner Rocky Patel met Paredes at one of these events in London and, impressed with his knowledge, offered Paredes a job.

Paredes signed on with Patel in 2015 and his debut brand, Tabaquero Hamlet Paredes, came to the market that year. It was the first time that Paredes had worked with non-Cuban tobacco.?

Although Paredes resigned in late August, Rocky Patel still has complete ownership of the Hamlet lines as well as the trademark to the Hamlet name, which includes brands such as Liberation by Hamlet and Hamlet 25th Year. According to Nish Patel, executive vice president of the company, Tabaquero Hamlet Paredes is being discontinued while Rocky Patel will continue to produce the other Hamlet cigars, which represent about 1 percent total sales. Paredes never had any equity in the cigars he made for Rocky Patel, according to Patel.?

“He left on a good note and we’re still friends,” Patel tells Cigar Aficionado. “We wish him the best.”