Late last year, Brooks Whittington, Patrick Lagreid and I visited Reno, Nev., specifically FUMARE Fine Cigar Boutique. I had heard stories about Dion Giolito, better known for being the owner of Illusione, sitting behind the counter of a beautiful store and had seen a few pictures, but never been. Then there was an excuse. On Dec. 13 and 14, FUMARE hosted a pop-up for Craft Wine & Beer, another local retailer, and it seemed like a good reason to travel to the middle of nowhere to go see if the cigar shop was really that impressive. FUMARE is the realization of Gioloto’s meticulousness (OCD) and a lot of years in the making, one that started and continues to be as a retailer. The simplified autobiographical version reads like this: My life was forever changed when I decided after of two years of college in Oklahoma to come back to Reno in 1988 to be closer to home (Las Vegas) to finish school. I was a theory and composition major back in OK – I wanted to be a film score composer. UNR didn’t have that degree, instead they gave me the same scholarship provided I enroll in the College of ...
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