Jake Wyatt - Maverick - Box-Pressed Gordo

firehouse buddies around with the horns blazing.Cigars brought the two friends together years prior to the company launch, but it wasn’t just a hobby. Gerard’s father owned Mardo Cigars in Laguna Niguel, California – a fine cigar shop where friends could pick up luxury smokes at decent prices, but also kick back, watch sports, and relax. Thanks to the shop, Neil and Gerard enjoyed quite a few smokes over the years, even the occasional Cubano.
 

Jake Wyatt cigars collection, a venture launched in 2020 by Neil Garcia, a former baseball player, and Gerard Abajian, a career firefighter. The company is actually named after the founders’ sons, Jake and Wyatt, who may have seen their dads out in the backyard puffing up enough smoke to bring Gerard’s