AVO 22 (European)
Back in 2002, AVO released one of its first limited edition cigars, the legendary the AVO 22. Crafted by Henke Kelner as a private cigar…
Arturo Fuente Hemingway Classic Sun Grown
In 2003, Arturo Fuente released a special cigar as a promotion for retailers who won a contest. Only 165 boxes of 25 Hemingway Classics with a Ecuadorian sun…
OpusX 952R
In 2002 Fuente partnered with Prometheus to release the so called ForbiddenX Humidor, a limited run humidor with 100 cigars priced at $10,000 per unit. Fifty…
Tatuaje El Triunfador No.6
Back in October of 2009, Pete Johnson of Havana Cellars/Tatuaje Cigars came to Dallas. While there he gave me a prerelease El Triunfador Internationals that had been out in the…
OpusX Love Affair (2009)
During every Christmas season for as long as I can remember, the Fuente family has released their Holiday Releases, which are mostly cigars that are only available,…
Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial (Prerelease)
The Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial is a new cigar blended entirely by Jaime García, son of cigar legend José “Don Pepín” García, and was debuted…
Editorial: The Assault on Small Ring Gauge Cigars
Looking at the list of 2009 Cuban ER and EL releases, and quite a few of the newer releases in the NC community, I started…
H. Upmann Belvedere (1954)
I was quite happy when I was able to procure these H. Upmann Belvederes from 1954, as I had been looking for some pre-embargo sticks…
Dunhill Mojito
One of the most interesting brands in cigar history has always been Dunhill, and the Dunhill Mojito is one of the most sought after vitolas that…
Angelenos Lonsdale
Now, Fuente seems to have surprised a few people with the number of newer cigars it will be introducing this month including some vitolas in…
Winners: Christmas (2009)
As promised, I printed out every name that entered the Christmas Contest (all 101 of them!) and had a friend draw two names out of…
