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News: W. Curtis Draper Celebrates 125th Anniversary With Four New Limited Release Cigars

W. Curtis Draper in Washington, DC will mark their 125th anniversary this year and will be releasing four limited edition cigars made by some of industry’s biggest names as part of a year long celebration. The first release comes from Pete Johnson of Tatuaje, who will be producing a special Cabaiguan that is “reminiscent of [...]

Weekly News (August 29, 2011)

Editor’s Note: I won’t name names this time, but almost six weeks post IPCPR the amount of products that have missed their supposed deadlines continues to grow. This isn’t a new phenomenon, perhaps just that it’s being tracked. But it’s something worth noting. After the jump is another week of a lot of Fuente news, [...]

IPCPR 2011: Prometheus

Prometheus’ mixture of limited editions, regular lines and accessories make it one of the busiest booths of the show, this year was no different. I guarantee what’s after the jump is missing some humidor, but it includes a new line, a new limited line, Opus 22 sets, Gran AnivXario extensions, accessories and a lot more; [...]

IPCPR 2011: Cigar Family

Where was Casa Cuba? I apologize to all of the Fuente/Newman employees that had to answer that question. There was more in the Cigar Family booth than the notably absent Casa Cuba, but there was a large, and sometimes even public sense that next year, Fuente’s 100th anniversary, may have played into a calmer 2011. [...]

Review: Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Lancero

Much like the Oliva Serie V Lancero, this should be a cigar that is going to be an absolute winner for yours truly. Cameroon + Fuente + Lancero = magic, or at least it did with the Casa Fuente Lancero. The Don Carlos Lancero is a bit more mysterious than perhaps even more than the [...]