The J. Fuego booth was fairly minimal, with four display cabinets containing the company’s trimmed, refreshed and rebranded offerings. Fuego recently trimmed some sizes and lines from his catalog to make way for his new showcase cigar.

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The headlining product of the booth is the new J. Fuego Connoisseur, which uses an Ecuadoran Sumatra wrapper over a Mexican San Andrés binder and Corojo filler from Nicaragua and Honduras. It gets four sizes: the 5 x 60 Corpulent, 5 1/2 x 54 Grand Robusto and 6 x 50 Classique, all with an MSRP of $10, and the 5 x 44 Original, which is $4.00. The Connoisseur Original also comes in cello and wood boxes, the only Original to do so.

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The Origen and Origen Maduro are getting 6 x 60 vitolas and come with an MSRP of $8.50 per cigar.

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J. Fuego is also offering a pair of ashtrays: $69.95 for the 12-inch version and $124.95 for the 18-inch model.

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Jesus Fuego also mentioned that the 2013 Edición de Familia will be out in November, with a Belicoso Fino, Toro and new 5 x 60 vitola. He’s also reducing the quantity released for this year – as 500 boxes of 10 per size will be released. Only 100 stores will carry it, with each shop receiving five boxes of each size.

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Patrick Lagreid

I strive to capture the essence of a cigar and the people behind them in my work – every cigar you light up is the culmination of the work of countless people and often represents generations of struggle and stories. For me, it’s about so much more than the cigar – it’s about the story behind it, the experience of enjoying the work of artisans and the way that a good cigar can bring people together. In addition to my work with halfwheel, I’m the public address announcer for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks during spring training, as well as for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and previously the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League. I also work in a number of roles for MLB.com, plus I'm a voice over artist. Prior to joining halfwheel, I covered the Phoenix and national cigar scene for Examiner.com, and was an editor for Cigar Snob magazine.