Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
This month Arturo Fuente will be shipping a batch of its limited-production Rare Pink Vintage 1960s line. Included in this batch are the long-awaited Queen of Hearts and Sophisticated Hooker sizes. The Queen of Hearts is a 3 3/4 x 54 figurado while the Sophisticated Hooker is the largest size in the Rare Pink Vintage […]
Our final PCA 2022 Report is for Arturo Fuente. For 2022 there are two distinct components to cover at Arturo Fuente. First is the Arturo Fuente booth itself, and second is the well-publicized Fuente y Padrón Legends collaboration which was in an area adjacent to the Fuente booth. Arturo Fuente Booth The Arturo Fuente booth […]
The Fuente Fuente OpusX is known for some of its rare and collectible cigars. At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Arturo Fuente showed off a 13-cigar collection containing some of these cigars. It’s dubbed “The Impossible Collection.” The 13 cigars included in the Impossible Collection include: Fuente Fuente OpusX 20 Years Double […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, the joint project between Arturo Fuente Cigars and Padrón debuted. The principals of the project, Jorge Padrón and Carlos “Carlito” Fuente Jr. created cigars to honor their fathers, the late José Orlando Padrón and Carlos Fuente Sr. The twist is that each principal blended a cigar […]
The long-awaited collaboration by Arturo Fuente and Padrón Cigars is happening. The project which was announced in October 2020 has been dubbed Legends and it will be unveiled 3:30pm on Sunday, July 10th at the Premium Cigar Association Trade Show. Other than confirmation and a name, there were only some high level details that were […]
A little over four years ago, Carlito Fuente announced plans for a factory in Nicaragua. On Thursday, June 30th, Carlito’s latest dream will take a step toward reality as groundbreaking will begin on that factory – Gran Fabrica de Tabacos La Bella y La Bestia (which translates to Beauty and the Beast). This will not […]
A few months ago, I talked with Fred Rewey (now with Illusione Cigars) about a project he was working on in the Dominican Republic. This involved a series of in-depth interviews with many high-profile Dominican cigar makers. What was intriguing about the project was the fact these were face-to-face interviews being done with high-quality audio/visual […]
The following is a press release announcing Smokin Tabacco’s 2022 Fundraiser for the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation. Click the Button below to obtain raffle tickets: The Cigar Family Charitable Foundation (sometimes referred to as CF-CF) began in 2001 when long-time cigar industry business partners, the Fuente and Newman families, formalized the dream of improving people’s […]
The first two days of my trip I spent touring the facilities of Arturo Fuente Cigars. Every factory has its own charm, and finds many ways to impress me. I had heard the stories about Tabacalera A. Fuente, Chateau de la Fuente, and Cigar Family. Now was my first opportunity to see these up close […]
