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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 [...]

News: Fuente ForbiddenX 13 Release Arrives in Stores

The third release of the Fuente Fuente OpusX ForibddenX 13 series has arrived in stores. The super limited edition Fuente was mysteriously released in late December of 2011 and shipped again in the spring of this past year. Despite some indication at IPCPR, there is no new size. Only the original six vitolas have shipped: [...]

Weekly News (December 3, 2012)

Editor’s Note: (The) Contest is in full swing. Thanks all for participating, still lots of crazy stuff to come. In addition, for those that can make it to Maple Grove, MN on Friday, Brooks and I will be there for halfwheel’s Holiday Party Pt. 1. Part 2 will be in Dallas in the middle of [...]

Review: OpusX Angel’s Share Robusto (Prerelease)

Last year at the IPCPR show in Las Vegas, we started hearing rumors that the Fuentes were working on a large number of different cigar releases to coincide with the company’s 100th anniversary this year. The first released example of this, came in December of 2011 with the launch of the extremely limited Fuente Fuente OpusX ForbiddenX [...]

News: Fuente Delays Release of 100th Anniversary Cigars

Arturo Fuente announced the delay of a number of cigars intended for release this year that were part of the company’s 100th anniversary. A graphic announcing the delay welcomed visitors to the company’s website on Friday, and Carlito Fuente noted the delay on his Facebook page: To Our Friends, There are times when fate has other [...]

Review: Casa Fuente Series 5 Special Selection 806

On March 16, 2012, the Casa Fuente Series 5 Special Selection arrived in the Las Vegas store, the first new line for the retail store since its 2005 opening. Very little is known about the new cigars at this time, but there are some facts that we found out after talking with the salesperson at [...]

Review: Arturo Fuente Don Arturo Gran AniverXario Belicoso (Sun Grown)

For those that enjoyed Brooks’ review of the Arturo Fuente Don Arturo Gran AniverXario Gran Corona (Natural), below is about 2,000 words that are identical to that work. At the 2011 IPCPR show, Prometheus showed off the 2011 Limited Edition Fuente Story Humidor, a special release of the previously released Arturo Fuente Don Arturo Gran AniverXario in [...]

Review: Arturo Fuente Don Arturo Gran AniverXario Gran Corona (Natural)

At the 2011 IPCPR show, Prometheus showed off the 2011 Limited Edition Fuente Story Humidor, a special release of the previously released Arturo Fuente Don Arturo Gran AniverXario in a total of ten sizes, including eight new shapes. This was the second Prometheus release of the Don Arturo Gran AniverXario in 2011, as they previously [...]

Weekly News (February 13, 2012)

Editor’s Note: For those that were hoping for tons of news, I apologize. This was one of the more quiet weeks in cigar news. February will be a bit busy now, particularly with ProCigar coming up in about two weeks. Unfortunately, every once in a while, things are quiet. — el niño diablo. La Flor [...]

Review: OpusX ForbiddenX 13 God’s Whisper 1924

Today is a review of yet another one of the ForbiddenX 13 releases, or Forbidden 13. The God’s Whisper 1924 is perhaps the most intriguing of the six releases because it is by all accounts erroneously listed in the Fuente price list. As Brooks noted in his review of the OpusX ForbiddenX 13 Nacimiento 1912, the [...]