Wedding

Black tie, a garden, and a wedding cigar roller at work

Black tie, a garden, and a rolling table the guests kept coming back to. One after another, cigar in hand, still in their tuxedos.

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Franklin and a guest in a tuxedo with cigars beside the table

1 of ~28hands trusted with the Opus X — the same ones at your partyCigar Journal, 2016

6 minfrom loose leaf to a cigar in your guest’s handHis own words

150+nights that ended with the room around his tableFranklin’s own count

The reception

Tuxedos at the table

In July 2026 a black-tie wedding put his table in the garden, on a brick terrace under the umbrellas. The guests came in tuxedos and evening dresses and kept coming back, one after another, cigar in hand, for him to light.

The table

Set for a night reception

The station was set for the dark: two small lamps lighting the table, the cigar boxes open, a tray of matchbooks for the guests, and an arrangement of sunflowers and greenery at one end beside a framed card. In his clips he rolls at the board under the lamp — leaf, blade, press — while the wedding photographers work around him.

The next morning he thanked the couple for letting him “add a special touch to your celebration with our legendary cigar rolling experience.”

What an absolute honor to be part of your beautiful wedding celebration last night. Witnessing two hearts become one is a true blessing, and we are grateful to have shared such a memorable evening with you and your wonderful family and friends.

Franklin PichardoPosted July 26, 2026

At the board

Rolling under the lamp during the reception, July 2026.

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Trusted with the Fuente Opus X—At the Fuente table since 1995—Formula 1 Miami’s official roller—Featured in Cigar Journal—Chosen by Hublot, Tudor and Bell & Ross—

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Franklin Pichardo has been rolling since 1995, the year Arturo Fuente released the first Opus X — and he is one of the few in the world the family cleared to roll it.

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