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News: Casa Fuente Launches Online Store

On Monday afternoon, Casa Fuente in Las Vegas announced the launch of a new online store that will be selling Casa Fuente logoed accessories and clothing, but likely to the disappointment of many cigar smokers, none of their exclusive cigars. The store sent out the following Tweet heralding the news: You asked for it and [...]

Review: OpusX Football

Ask anyone who has the slightest knowledge about OpusX cigars which cigar they would most like to smoke, and chances are the Fuente Fuente OpusX Football will be extremely high on the list. Yes, it’s an OpusX-banded cigar that is shaped like a football. While normal Fuente Fuente OpusX releases are highly sought after by [...]

Weekly News (January 28, 2012)

Editor’s Note: This week, the 2013 list of new releases will be updated, it’s a task and one that we’ve been a bit relaxed on launching, but by Friday a pretty good synopsis of what we know about will be out. It’s been a quiet January in terms of shipped releases, more so than the [...]

News: Fuente/Newman Raise Prices

Retailers were informed of a price increase for both Arturo Fuente and J.C. Newman that will go into effect in the month of January. Changes in the pricing for Fuente already went into effect on January 1, while J.C. Newman’s prices were changed last Tuesday, January 15. A representative from the company told halfwheel certain [...]

Review: Arturo Fuente Unnamed Reserve 2012

About two weeks ago, we started hearing rumblings of a brand new Fuente blend that was being shipped to retailers. Almost nothing was known about the blend or size before they started showing up to stores, but we quickly confirmed that it uses a Sun Grown wrapper, and includes the same filler as the Don [...]

Review: OpusX Phantom (1994)

In late 1995, the Fuente Fuente OpusX cigars was officially released for the first time in seven different vitolas. They were an instant success and their popularity has only grown since then. In 2009, 14 years later, a bundle of extremely rare OpusX Phantoms, the name Fuente gives to its Lancero vitola, were put up [...]

Review: Arturo Fuente Don Arturo Aniversario Destino al Siglo Double Robusto (Prerelease)

Destino al Siglo, destiny of the century, was supposed to be the theme of 2012 for Arturo Fuente. The famed Tampa-based cigar maker was founded in 1912, making 2012 their 100th anniversary. It was no secret that Fuente was going to do something big for 100 years, the company originally slated the Don Arturo Gran [...]

Editorial: The Ten Questions for 2013

I think this might be my favorite article to write and publish. It takes a lot of time, but despite what my Twitter account might hint at, I do love the industry proper. There were a lot of things that happened in 2012, many of which aren’t so relevant as far as looking at things [...]

Weekly News (December 24, 2012)

Editor’s Note: Winner, winner, chicken dinner. Enjoy the holidays. Arturo Fuente Ships Un-Named Reserva 2012 — Story here. Two Lanceros Planned for Nestor Miranda’s 70th Birthday — Details here. L’Atelier Adds LAT 46 SS — Details here. La Gloria Cubana Sanson Heads to the Southeast — Story here. XIKAR Adds New Executive II Options — [...]

News: Fuente Ships “Un-Named Reserva 2012″

Arturo Fuente has one last surprise before the end of the holidays, the Fuente Un-Named Reserva 2012. Much like last year’s last minute ForbiddenX 13 release, Fuente is shipping an extremely limited supply of special cigars to some of its top accounts. The Fuente Un-Named Reserva 2012 measures 5 3/4 x 48 with a Sun [...]