Five years after relaunching the La Palina brand, Bill partnered with two stawart cigar industry veterans, Samuel "Sammy" Phillips, previously of Rocky Patel Cigars and Alec Bradley, and Clay Roberts, also formerly of Alec Bradley and AJ Fernandez. With Sammy and Clay onboard, the company took shape to become the cigar company it is today, with highly-rated premium and ultra-premium handmade cigars that are crafted in Honduras, Nicaragua (working with tobacco master AJ Fernandez), the Dominican Republic and Miami, USA. Miami is where the La Palina cigar portfolio apex limited- production cigars, the La Palina Goldies, are rolled at the touted El Titan de Bronze Fábrica de Puros Factory.