History
Hi everybody, my name is Claudio Albieri,
the firm I started in 2012 is born from an idea developed during the
years and from my experience in the former family business to which I
participated for 14 years.
Our family-owned tobacconist shop was one of the first business in the
Italian panorama to specialize in Slow Smoke and its combination with
wines and distillates, which allowed me to become Specialist in
Habanos, Specialist in Toscano Cigars, I've got a
Master in tobacco from Davidoff in Dominican Republic, I'm a
third-level Sommelier, I've got the A.N.A.G. license and the A.I.B.E.S.
diploma.
This small business gave me, for years, the opportunity to travel
through the trade shows, the places of production of tobacco,
furthermore allowing me to attend classes related to the world of slow
smoke and several sector-specific events... all of this in addition to
the daily interaction with customers completed the need to start this
project.
My goal is to cooperate with craftsmen, sector-specific firms and
stores to create synergies capable to satisfy the new customer needs
related to handiness, usability and innovative design... with some
references to classic style!
Well, classic style, remains the starting point for everything, the
origin... as you can note in the pictures, I love to do freehand design
and, most of all, to write by hand! Technology supports me, but I still
love to build things by hand and, this way, the result can immediately
be verified!
I avail myself of cooperation and suggestions by my family: I like to
discuss ideas with my father, who can boast a multi-year experience as
smoker, as sector expert and as restorer and deep lover of wood; my
cousin, who's been in the leather goods sector for over forty years;
and my sister and my mother, the family artist.
Thanks to all this I can guarantee an original product, totally
hand-made and “Made in Italy”!
I look forward to your suggestions, opinions, and proposals for
cooperation!