近期，哈姆雷特·帕雷德斯从工作七年之久的洛基·帕特尔雪茄公司离职，前往罗伯特·福克斯和罗伯·阿亚拉所有的在线雪茄拍卖公司邦德·罗伯茨公司担任顾问。

帕雷德斯工作之初是在古巴的帕特加斯雪茄厂做一名卷茄师，他可以算得上是古巴最好的卷茄师，之后作为古巴哈伯纳斯公司的卷烟大使在世界各地的专卖店进行店堂卷茄活动的展示。洛基·帕特尔在伦敦的一次活动中认识帕雷德斯，后者的雪茄知识给洛基·帕特尔留下了深刻的印象，他邀请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经达到“自由人”的匠人级别，据说这种水平和级别的卷茄师可以不借助任何模具和压机把烟叶卷成可以抽食的成品雪茄。如果你在过去20年抽过相当数量的古巴雪茄，其中一定有帕雷德斯的作品。

2015年帕雷德斯加入了洛基·帕特尔雪茄公司，当年他的首个品牌上市，这是帕雷德斯第一次与非古雪茄品牌合作。

虽然帕雷德斯8月底辞职，但是洛基·帕特尔雪茄公司仍然完全拥有哈姆雷特雪茄的商标，包括哈姆雷特的解放、哈姆雷特25周年等品牌。

公司执行副总裁尼什·帕特尔说，Tabaquero Hamlet Paredes（哈姆雷特·帕雷德斯烟草商）这个牌子将停产，其他哈姆雷特系列雪茄将继续生产，大概占公司总销售额的1%。

洛基·帕特尔说：帕雷德斯给我们留下了很好的印象，我们仍然是朋友。我们希望他一切顺利。

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.”