
OpusX 25 Perfecto Gets Nationwide Release

Cigar Family Charitable Foundation Opens New Academy of Arts
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 generous support from Hublot, this new center furthers the Fuente and Newman families’ goals of providing children in the Dominican Republic a diverse range of educational and career opportunities. Located in the 23-acre Cigar Family project in Bonao, Dominican Republic, the Cigar Family Academy of Arts includes four new buildings for music, arts, and dance programs along with an amphitheater for performances. The Cigar Family Academy of Arts will allow CFCF to expand its curriculum to support students who wish to pursue careers in the arts. “I am enormously grateful to my friends at Hublot for supporting the creation of our new Academy of Arts,” said CFCF co-founder Carlos Fuente, Jr. “This beautiful, state-of-the-art facility will give new opportunities to children in the Dominican Republic to pursue their passion and talent in the arts.” The grand opening celebration was attended by 100 people, including the Fuente and Newman families, executives from Hublot, local dignitaries, and Grammy Award-winning Artist Arturo Sandoval, who inaugurated the new amphitheater with a performance. The Music School at this new academy will be named in honor of this legendary musician. Arturo Sandoval is a multi-award-winning jazz trumpeter, pianist, and composer. He has received the Latin Grammys Lifetime Achievement Award, multiple Grammys, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and is a Kennedy Center Honors recipient. Arturo has been a passionate supporter of CFCF, and he will be an inspiring mentor and guiding light for the music students at the new Cigar Family Charitable Foundation Academy of Arts. “I want to thank all of the cigar enthusiasts around the world who support CFCF and the children and families it serves through their generous donations or by purchasing a Toast Across America pack,” said CFCF co-founder Eric M. Newman. “Because the Fuente and Newman families underwrite all of CFCF’s operating costs, every dollar raised goes directly to help children in need.” This year, 440 students are attending CFCF’s primary school, high school, technical school, and arts academy. Since 2004, CFCF has invested more than $20 million to support these programs. The Cigar Family project has received numerous accolades from the government of the Dominican Republic, the United Nations, and others. It has been showcased as an example for how businesses and consumers can come together to provide transformational opportunities to improve the lives of low-income children and their families. “Today was a very special day, a day that should make all of us proud,” said CFCF CEO Scott Lewis. “Words and pictures cannot convey how wonderful this project has turned out. The Cigar Family Academy of Arts will give our students the opportunity to express their creativity in so many ways while they learn and challenge themselves in each of these disciplines.”DONATE HERE!

Hublot Just Dropped a New Classic Fusion Chronograph Arturo Fuente Edition
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 logo is limited to just 50 pieces and will cost $40,500.
This isn’t the only Fuente-Hublot collab watch, but there are some unique features to be found here. This is the first time a Fuente edition is at 42 mm, which is a great size for this type of chronograph, and the case and bezel are in King Gold for the first time. The bezel is engraved with tobacco leaves, and the caseback is similarly decorated.
As one who has paired cigars and watches—yes, this is a thing among a few of us horological smokers—I can say confidently that there is “a proper vibe” going on with this green fumé dial that reminds one of the Dominican’s lush forests where Fuente’s cigarmaking takes place. And to see the OpusX logo in the right-hand sub-dial creates a succinct echo of cigar’s band. That bezel engraving is spot-on for a smoker.To understand the significance of this watch, one must understand the significance of Arturo Fuente cigars. So, allow me shift out of watch-writer mode and into cigar-smoker mode for a moment. Made in the Dominican Republic—from where I am currently typing away before heading to the El Cibao valley, where these cigars are made—Arturo Fuente has become a legendary name among American cigar smokers.
Specifically, the reason for this timepiece’s existence is a remarkable cigar known as the Fuente Fuente OpusX (FFOX). In short, this is one of the very best non-Cuban cigars ever produced—a legendary, award-winning stick Fuente has made for the past 25 years. The OpusX is a puro, meaning that the filer, binder, and wrapper all derive from the same country. I’ve smoked many FFOX over the years, and they are among my favorite full-bodied cigars. I’ve never had a bad one—always an even draw, a straight burn, and exceptional taste—and in cigars, consistency is the name of the game.
So, if there’s a cigar worthy of a solid-gold $40,500 Hublot chronograph, it is certainly the OpusX.
FULL STORY HERE
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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 still going strong over a century after its founding.
Those with only a passing knowledge of cigars have probably heard that the finest hail from Cuba, but true aficionados know they can be found elsewhere. For proof of this, all you need to do is look at (and smell) the top-notch, hand-rolled smokes Arturo Fuente has produced since it was founded in West Tampa, Fla., in 1912. A lot has happened since that humble beginning, though. The brand relocated to the Dominican Republic, a country it has become synonymous with, and has become one of the largest family-owned cigar companies in the world, rolling some 30 million stogies per year. It’s little wonder there was enough material for a whole book. READ MORE

Title: Arturo Fuente Rare Pink Vintage 1960’s Séries Sophisticated Hooker Awarded #10 in Cigar Aficionado’s Top 25 Cigars of 2022

Arturo Fuente Ships 2022 Batch of Rare Pinks Including Two New Sizes

A Tale of 2 Cigar Families
Liana Fuente, Vice President of Brand Development, is resigning from the company effective September 1st, 2022.

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2021 Smokin Tabacco Awards: Woman of the Year – Liana Fuente

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 extensive fundraising for Breast Cancer Awareness. Part of this initiative saw the launch of the Arturo Fuente Rare Pink series in which the company donates money to the American Cancer Society for every box sold. With all that Liana does, it is no wonder that she was voted Woman of the Year by consumers.
Congratulations Liana!
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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 they can directly purchase all the beautiful non-cigar products that Fuente passionately creates, such as accessories, clothing, and more! “Our fans are constantly reaching out in search of where to buy the latest Fuente item” said Liana Fuente, Vice President of Brand Development. “So we created this online platform to help fans all over the globe get what they want, when they want it.” In addition to merchandise being made available direct to consumers, the online store will also include a wholesale section which will provide a bulk pricing discount to local Brick & Mortar shops. This is part of the Arturo Fuente Support Local initiative, the company’s long-standing commitment to encourage its fanbase to visit and support local retail shops. “Our family business has been around since 1912, and we have succeeded throughout these 100 years due in large part to the local mom & pop shops,” said Liana. “Therefore, every time we create a new program or initiative such as this online store, we always think long and hard on how to best include the local shops, because their success is our success too.” For this reason, Fuente will not sell any cigars nor gather any customer information via the online store.
Happy shopping Fuente Fanatics, and remember, ONLY FUENTE IS FUENTE!

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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 the biggest names of the industry. To determine the shortlists our readers were asked to nominate their top-candidates in the categories Best Brand, Best Cigar, Best Value, Best Accessory, and Best Lounge and then to determine the winner from the top five. We are particularly pleased that the public awards are enjoying unwavering growth and popularity with cigar smokers from all over the world.
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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 core value of our company and family, one that will never waiver,” stated the company’s Chairman Carlito Fuente.
“Since the 1970 RTDA show in New York City, my family has supported the RTDA/IPCPR/PCA and we remain committed to Brick & Mortar tobacconists as the irreplaceable link between cigar manufacturers and consumers. They tirelessly work, day-in and day-out in the retail side of our beautiful industry, and are on the front lines assisting and educating our wonderful consumers. Arturo Fuente will always support Brick and Mortar tobacconists and do right by them.”
“We truly believe that members of the PCA are an extension of our family, and the annual trade show is the single most important event in keeping our families strong and successful. We look forward to spending quality time with everyone at the PCA show in Las Vegas.”
I’ll Be There. Will You?

CigarsLover Magazine Awards Best Brand Dominican Rep.
WINTER 2019 – CigarsLover Magazine
One of the most prestigious brands in the cigar world had his humble beginning in 1912 in West Tampa, Florida. Arturo Fuente, after a fire burned down the factory in 1924, restarted the brand 22 years later and produced cigars, made out of Cuban tobacco and for the local market, on his back porch. In 1958, the company was sold to his younger son Carlos Fuente Sr. for exactly $1. Carlos expanded the company outside of Florida to New York. After the embargo and no more access to Cuban tobacco, Carlos started looking for tobacco from new regions. With the labor costs increasing the family trying to move production to other countries, but the quality of these factories was insufficient. In 1970 they built their factory in Esteli, Nicaragua. Disaster would strike again only nine years later, as the factory was burned down during the Nicarguan Revolution. Carlos, together with his son Carlito, invested everything that was left and in 1980 built their factory in Santiago, in the Dominican Republic. Many disasters struck again, but the family always stood back up. In they 1980s they scored their first success with introducing the Hemingway line. They also, against all odds, grew their own wrapper in the Dominican Republic, which is used for the Opus X line. Today, Arturo Fuente Cigars are famous for their many lines, such as the Hemingway, the Don Carlos and many more. Their Opus X line is one of the most luxurious cigar lines in the world, which recently celebrated its 20 year anniversary. Over the years they have enjoyed continues success with great ratings in our magazine. This year, to continue their growth worldwide, they, together with the Meerapfel family, launched Arturo Fuente International. With this launch, they now have a warehouse, located in Belgium, that can cover the demand worldwide. In a fast moving world, with the focus always going to the next best thing, Arturo Fuente has to stay relevant and on top of the cigar world.
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Carlito takes lifetime achievement award


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