Arturo Fuente News
Patrick Schwarzenegger Sports a OpusX Baseball Cap
Patrick Schwarzenegger con su gorra de Opus X y bien acompañado de Sofía Vergara Patrick Schwarzenegger with his Opus X cap and well accompanied by Sofía Vergara
OpusX 25 Perfecto Gets Nationwide Release
After a very small shipment late last year, the OpusX 25 Perfecto is arriving at stores nationwide. In the last week, Arturo Fuente has shipped hundreds of boxes of the cigar, which is formally called the Fuente Fuente OpusX La Familia X to the...
Cigar Family Charitable Foundation Opens New Academy of Arts
December 5, 2024 This new center will provide Dominican students with opportunities to develop careers in the arts. Yesterday, the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation (CFCF) celebrated the opening of its new Cigar Family Academy of Arts. With...
Hublot Just Dropped a New Classic Fusion Chronograph Arturo Fuente Edition
Robb Report By Allen Farmelo Hublot just launched the new Classic Fusion Chronograph Arturo Fuente King Gold to celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of the very best Dominican cigars ever made. This 18-carat “King Gold” watch with the OpusX cigar...
2024 Cigar Insider Retailer Survey: Top Brands In America
Nov 18, 2024 | By Gregory Mottola cigaraficionado.com Full Story We wanted to know the hottest premium cigar brands on the market, and retailers across the country didn’t hesitate to tell us. Cigar Insider—the twice monthly newsletter from Cigar...
Fuente Fundraiser Brings Nearly 500K For Charity
Photos/Montana Dennis It was a cool October evening last week in Greenwich, Connecticut, and the trees along Perkins Drive still clung to their summer leaves, obscuring most of the gabled estates and gated manors along the road. This part of...
Arturo Fuente Global Impact 2024
Our annual Arturo Fuente Global Impact Day is a celebration of the Fuente Family’s commitment to give back to the community and to make the world a more sustainable and loving environment. Arturo Fuente employees, family and associates worldwide...
2023 Smokin Tabacco Awards: Person of the Year – Carlos “Carlito” Fuente Jr.
JANUARY 23, 2024 BY MATTHEW TABACCO If you have picked up a cigar more than once in the last twelve months…or maybe even in your life, there a serious chance you have heard of Arturo Fuente or even its third generation owner, Carlos “Carlito”...
The Top 25 Cigars of 2023
Watch Video “You’re not a cigarmaker. You just assemble tobaccos,” quipped a Parisian retailer in the 1980s. He was talking to Carlos “Carlito” Fuente Jr., now owner and patriarch of Arturo Fuente Cigar Co. Back then, the company was owned by his...
Fuente Dinner Raises $335,000 For Cigar Family Charitable Foundation
Oct 16, 2023 | By David Savona Carlos Fuente Jr. had never been to Greenwich, Connecticut before last week. After the night he had at Burning Tree Country Club, it’s likely that he’s going to come back soon. “An Opus Xodus,” a cigar dinner and...
Fuente Friday: It has been a thing for a while.
2 February, 2022 • Cigaryard.com Don Carlos Fuente followed the footsteps of his father Arturo in what proved to be a challenging and tumultuous road, paving the way for his son and other generations to come. The Fuente family has fought through...
My Favorite Cigar
Cigar Aficionado Online By Kenneth Shouler Journalist Jeff Greenfield is cigar loyal by a new measure. The news organizations he’s worked for—including CBS, CNN, ABC, Time, The New York Times, and now Politico—far surpass his cigar loves, numbering...
OPUSX THE UNDEFEATED
I’m guessing there have been more than a dozen Freedom Samplers released by Cigar Rights of America (CRA), an industry trade group. Typically, these samplers contain 10 cigars from 10 different companies. During the last five or so years, the...
JOSÉ BLANCO PROMOTED TO WORLDWIDE BRAND AMBASSADOR
Arturo Fuente Cigars has promoted José Blanco to the position of Worldwide Brand Ambassador. José previously served as Arturo Fuente’s Director of Sales in the Eastern Hemisphere. In his new role, José will be working closely with Carlito Fuente to...
This New Coffee Table Book Chronicles the History of Beloved Cigar Brand Arturo Fuente
Robb Report - The New York-based publisher will release a new coffee table book dedicated to Arturo Fuente next month. Entitled Arturo Fuente: Since 1912, the massive tome charts the history of the revered brand and attempts to illustrate why it’s...
Title: Arturo Fuente Rare Pink Vintage 1960’s Séries Sophisticated Hooker Awarded #10 in Cigar Aficionado’s Top 25 Cigars of 2022
Cigar Aficionado - The name is certainly curious. And if you’re familiar with Carlos Fuente Jr.’s sense of humor, it won’t surprise you that there’s a double entendre here. Sophisticated Hooker refers to the name of a fishing boat (“hooker” being a...
Arturo Fuente Ships 2022 Batch of Rare Pinks Including Two New Sizes
Arturo Fuente has begun shipping the 2022 batch of its Rare Pink Vintage 1960’s line, which now has a total of six sizes. The company has expanded the line with two new sizes—both of which were announced in 2021—the Queen of Hearts (3 3/4 x 54) and...
A Tale of 2 Cigar Families
Cigar Aficionado - Like so many great ideas, the plan to combine the cigarmaking talents of the Fuente and Padrón families began over whisky and cigars. Carlos Fuente Jr., the man who runs Arturo Fuente, was visiting the Miami office of Jorge...
Liana Fuente, Vice President of Brand Development, is resigning from the company effective September 1st, 2022.
HalfWheel - My intent was for this post to go up a lot sooner, but things got complicated. Oddly, not because of the Arturo Fuente and Padrón Legends collaboration, which was the most talked about cigar of any trade show I’ve ever been to. From the...
Fuente & Padrón Legends Cigar Project To Be Unveiled July 10, 2022
Miami, Florida - Carlito Fuente and Jorge Padrón are proud to announce the release of their Legends cigar project. Please join the Fuente and Padrón families Sunday July 10, 2022 at 3:30 pm at the PCA Trade Show, Booth # 1321 for the unveiling of...
Fuentes Breaking Ground On Nicaraguan Factory
Cigar Aficionado - Four and a half years—nearly to the day—after Carlos Fuente Jr. announced plans to build a grand factory in Estelí, Nicaragua, his company is about to formally break ground on the site and begin construction. On Thursday, the...
Prime Time Awards 2021: Large Factory of the Year – Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia
“We will never rush the hands of time” is the mantra of Arturo Fuente Cigar Company. It’s no better personified than in the excellent products that have come out of its Dominican factory, Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia. It’s a big reason why it wins...
2021 Smokin Tabacco Awards: Woman of the Year – Liana Fuente
Like her family before her, Liana is a professional with love and passion for the business of premium handmade cigars. She is the Vice President of Brand Development of Arturo Fuente and also oversees all of their charitable efforts. She takes...
Liana Fuente -Ash Quarterly Woman of the Year
Ash Quarterly First ever award for Woman of the Year goes to Liana Fuente. Liana is the Vice President of Brand Development for Arturo Fuente and oversees all its various charitable endeavours. Speaking of Charity, Liana has made it a point to do...
BIG BANG UNICO ARTURO FUENTE CERAMIC
El Maestro! Carlos A. Fuente Sr. was born in 1935 in Ybor City, a Cuban émigré neighbourhood in Tampa, Florida. While still in primary school, Carlos Sr. began working in his father Arturo’s small cigar business. Even as very young children, part...
2021 Big Smoke Meets WhiskyFest: The Cigars of Fuente
The third seminar at Big Smoke Meets WhiskyFest showcased the cigars of Fuente. Gordon Mott, the senior contributing editor of Cigar Aficionado, and Carlos Fuente Jr., the maker of Fuente cigars, mounted the stage to great applause, the latter...
WHAT’S GOOOOD LIVE EP 4: Liana Fuente
Tobacco Business Magazine's 2019 Woman of the Year award winner Liana Fuente joins What's Gooood as part of our Sisters of the Leaf Series. ALL women regardless of industry and profession because we guarantee that it will be motivating, inspiring...
Fuente Fuente Rare Pink
The newest cigar coming from Arturo Fuente is a passion project with charity at its heart. Arturo Fuente Rare Pink is a line of shaped cigars (including one that’s a hybrid of a lancero and a figurado) made with Ecuadoran wrappers and a hint of...
Grand Cathedral Cigars
Grand Cathedral Cigars, located in the "Cigar Capital of the World," is one of the newest cigar lounges in the United States! Home of the Official Casa Cuba Lounge & Gardens, Grand Cathedral features one of the largest cigar establishments...
Fuente Cigar interview with Liana Fuente!
Slight Price Hike For a Few Fuente Cigars
January 21, 2021 Arturo Fuente will keep cigar prices the same for over 99% of its entire production As part of its continuing commitment to local brick & mortar tobacconists, as well as considering the overall hardships caused by COVID-19,...
Cigar Snob’s All Decade Awards
As we turn our attention to 2021, we look back at the last ten years to see what companies, personalities, and products made a lasting impact on us. Some were chosen because they changed the game. Others were picked because they did the same thing...
Arturo Fuente Launches Official Online Merchandise Store
Today, Arturo Fuente launched a new online merchandise store on its official website, www.arturofuente.com. Aimed at Fuente Fanatics all around the world, the premium cigar company is providing its fanbase with an easy-to-use retail platform where...
The Real McCoy ft. Casa Cuba Cigars
The new issue of Cigar Snob is on its way out to you but we figured we'd tease you with some BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO from day 1 of the Arturo Fuente Casa Cuba photo shoot in Utah. Check it out! If you enjoy the content why aren't subscribed to the...
2020 CIGAR TROPHY AWARDS
Best Brand Dom. Rep. 2020: A. Fuente Don Carlos There are many awards, but only a few are conferred by you, the consumers. The greater the suspense on Friday evening, when the winners of the coveted public awards were announced in the presence of...
CigarsLover Autumn Issue featuring Liana Fuente
CigarsLover Autumn 2020 Liana has become a fixture in the cigar industry and the new face of Arturo Fuente Cigars. In this interview she sheds some light into who she is and how she has made a name for herself in the industry. Tell us a little...
New Arturo Fuente Rare Pinks Coming In November
The newest cigar coming from Arturo Fuente is a passion project with charity at its heart. Arturo Fuente Rare Pink is a line of shaped cigars (including one that’s a hybrid of a lancero and a figurado) made with Ecuadoran wrappers and a hint of...
Cigar Trophy Awards 2020
The Cigar Trophy Award Ceremony 2020 will take place virtually due to the cancellation of the InterTabac trade fair and due to travel restrictions. “It will be a virtual live gala,” said Reinhold C. Widmayer. As always, the manufacturers and brand...
Cigar of the Month
DM XXXVIII ANNIVERSARY CIGAR BY CARLOS FUENTE
February 5, 2020 • Cigar Journal Daniel Marshall and Carlos Fuente, entrepreneurs and friends, introduced the DM 38th Anniversary cigar at the Daniel Marshall Cigar Lounge in Kitzbühel, Austria. The jewel of a cigar honors and symbolizes...
Arturo Fuente Winner in Two 2020 Tobacco Business Awards Categories
The third annual Tobacco Business Awards ceremony were held at an exclusive invite-only in Las Vegas on Jan. 30, 2020. The awards were held in conjunction with the 2020 Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) at Club 101, located within the Sahara Las Vegas with...
Statement from the Fuente Family regarding the 2020 PCA Trade Show:
January 13, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement from the Fuente Family regarding the 2020 PCA Trade Show: As we have for the past 50 years, Arturo Fuente will once again participate in the 2020 PCA Trade Show. “Our commitment to retailers is a...
Liana Fuente, the multi-talented woman behind the Fuente brand, talks vision, family legacy and the future
BEING THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF the late Carlos Fuente, Sr. and daughter of Carlos Fuente, Jr. must carry quite a responsibility. The Arturo Fuente brand is renowned in the cigar world as the manufacturer of the world’s finest cigars. Celebrating 100...
WINNERS OF THE 2019 CIGAR TROPHY AWARDS ANNOUNCED
There are many awards, but only a few are conferred by you, the consumers. The greater the suspense on Friday evening, when the winners of the coveted public awards were announced in the presence of the biggest names of the industry. To determine...
2019 Retailer Survey: The Best-selling Cigar Brands In America, Market Trends And More
JULY 11, 2019 | By David Clough Cigar shop owners from across the United States have spoken: cigar sales are up, Arturo Fuente is the best-selling handmade brand, and their customers are more discerning and educated about cigars than ever before....
Tobacco Business Awards Woman of the Year
Tobacco Business Magazine held its second annual Tobacco Business Awards at an exclusive invite-only ceremony held in Las Vegas on Feb. 11, 2019. This year’s event took place at The Sayers Club within the SLS Las Vegas Hotel & Casino and had...
Carlito takes lifetime achievement award
#WhereIsCarlito
Carlito travels the world spreading love and telling the Fuente family story to all. This has inspired us to bring something fun to you. Please take your “EL PAPO DEL HUMO” bobblehead and spread some love all over the globe. Take pictures with...
The OpusX by STEFANO RICCI travel humidor
Don Carlos Lancero Receives 95 Cigar Rating
Cigar Insider rates Casa Cuba 93
TWO LARGE CALIBER COMPANIES START A COLLABORATION
Arturo Fuente Cigars, one of the world’s most prestigious cigar brands, is launching a partnership with Stefano Ricci, one of the most reputable luxury outfitters for men’s fashion and lifestyle from Italy, with flagship stores at all major...
MARVIN SMOKES THE CIGAR OF YEAR WITH CARLOS FUENTE JR.
Marvin R. Shanken, editor and publisher of Cigar Aficionado, smokes the Don Carlos Eye of the Shark with its maker, Carlos Fuente Jr. <strong><a...
Liana Fuente: The next heiress of the Fuente Empire
Thirty-two-year-old Liana Fuente had been sneaking puffs of cigars for as long as she could remember. Being born into the world famous Fuente Cigar family meant that cigars were never hard to come by. Liana's childhood memories of her grandfather,...
Hublot Honor World’s Rarest Cigar With King Power Arturo Fuente
Luxury watchmakers Hublot have announced the creation of the King Power “Arturo Fuente”, a watch made in tribute to the Opus X, a cigar which connoisseurs have dubbed the rarest in the world. The Opus X is no ordinary cigar, so you can be certain...
Haute Event: Casa Fuente Celebrates 100 Years of Arturo Fuente Cigars
Casa Fuente inside the Forum Shops at Caesars was the setting for the 100th anniversary of Arturo Fuente Cigars on Saturday night. Participating in the celebration were Carlos Fuente Jr., Cynthia Fuente and Liana Fuente as well as Eric Newman of...
HUBLOT RELEASE PARTY
The Arturo Fuente Cigar Club
There may be no cigar lounge in the world more impressive to behold and more difficult to describe than the Arturo Fuente Cigar Club. Co-owned by Carlos Fuente Jr. and Ciro Cascella, the place is a hub for the capital city’s elite power brokers....
Cynthia Fuente…The First Lady of Cigars
Nicknamed “The First Lady of Cigars” for holding the highest ranking corporate position within the cigar industry—president of US. operations for Arturo Fuente Tobacco Company~Cynthia Fuente Suarez is constantly asked what it is like to be a woman...
100 Years of Fuente – Celebrating a Family Dynasty
The warehouses were completely engulfed in flames, and the firefighters were losing the battle. The men and women attacked the fire, spurting water through the windows of the blazing buildings until the smoke and the heat overwhelmed them. Even...
Arturo Fuente Announces New Sales Hires
Arturo Fuente Cigars back in Nicaragua!
On Jan 26th, Carlito Fuente surprised those in attendance at Puro Sabor 2018 when he announced that “Carlito’s Back!” in Nicaragua. Having had a presence in the country in the 1970s, Arturo Fuente has returned to build a cigar factory in the heart...
How Cigars Became a Symbol of Luxury
BY RICHARD CARLETON HACKER ON JUNE 25, 2018 Carlos “Carlito” Fuente, Jr. is president of Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia, the largest family-owned premium cigar company in the world. Headquartered in Santiago, Dominican Republic, they employ 4,000...
Announcing the Arturo Fuente Cigar Company
New Arturo Fuente Box Factory
January 17, 2018 marked a historical moment for the oldest family in the Santiago Freezone, as the next generation was asked by Carlito Fuente to break ground at the exact location of the new Arturo Fuente Box Factory. This state of the art 69,000...
Arturo Fuente Cigars Launch the Dubai Exclusivo During the Mr. Ping Life Cigar World Tour
Our Mr. Ping Life Cigar World Tour has been the platform for many firsts, many cigar anniversaries, many joyful times! Since its inception, the Tour has hosted annual Arturo Fuente cigar events, and our November 2017 one was yet another big hit....
Cigar Aficionado’s 2017 Cigar of the Year.
Occasionally, a cigar comes along that is unique in every way—interesting blend, innovative shape, intriguing story—and, at the same time, can still maintain the classic standards of excellence. This is the case with the Arturo Fuente Don Carlos...
Hublot Debuts Three Classic Fusion Watches In Honor Of Cigar Maker Arturo Fuente
All three breath-taking variants rest on the famed Classic Fusion 45mm case. One of the models basks in King Gold, a unique alloy Hublot has created by combining gold and titanium. Swept in the rare metal, the case is engraved with a drawing of...
2017 Retailer Survey: The Best-selling Cigar Brands In America, Market Trends And More
High Marks for Fuente
Cognac and Cigar Pairing
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Don Carlos Personal Reserve gets high rankings
2016 Big Smoke Saturday Seminars—The Next Generation Cigar makers
NOVEMBER 16, 2016 | By Jack Bettridge Cigar Aficionado "The Next Generation" seminar, from left: editor Gregory Mottola, Raquel Quesada of Quesada Cigars, Liana Fuente of Arturo Fuente, Tony Gomez of La Flor Dominicana and editor Andrew Nagy. As in...
Celebrating A Legend: Carlos Fuente Sr.
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Anejo Reserva 46 nabs No.1
Ybor street now bears famous Fuente name
TAMPA (FOX 13) - A man whose name is synonymous with Ybor City cigars was honored by the city today. Mayor Bob Buckhorn unveiled a new street name: Part of Second Avenue will now be known as Carlos Fuente's Way. Twenty-five years ago, Tampa's two...
Casa Cuba – a Carlos Fuente Sr. Original
The Arturo Fuente Casa Cuba was blended by company patriarch Carlos Fuente Sr. His intent was to create a blend that reminded him of the cigars he smoked and rolled in his youth with his father, Arturo Fuente, using Cuban tobacco. The sizes in Casa...
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