Inside Chateau Fuente

moki

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Arturo Fuente recently had a "Cigar Family Conference" in which a select few people were able to get a tour of the tobacco farms and rolling facilities down in the Dominican Republic. The images are a fascinating insight into the Chateau Fuente facilities. Even if you don't like Opus X/AF cigars (ie, you're slightly crazy ;) ), it's a really cool tour of a cigar facility:

Factory pics1: http://www.geocities.com/trnsrus/FactoryPics1.html

Factory pics2: http://www.geocities.com/trnsrus/FactoryPix2.html

The "Dan Marino" football cigars are crazy, and Arial's special creations are stunningly beautiful.

Here are some pictures of the actual farm:

Farm pictures: http://www.geocities.com/trnsrus/Farm.html

Cool stuff.

(and no, I didn't go -- just passing along the URLs because I thought it might interest people)
 
those pictures make me sad since i have a measly 4 opus X's as of right now :( , anyone know how or know who to get any of those footballs or other multi colored cigars?(yes i know they are unavailable to the public but still, id kill for one of each)
 
incubimmer said:
those pictures make me sad since i have a measly 4 opus X's as of right now :( , anyone know how or know who to get any of those footballs or other multi colored cigars?(yes i know they are unavailable to the public but still, id kill for one of each)
A box of 12 of the footballs sold at auction for $13,000. The money went to charity.

I wouldn't sweat not having one. ;)
 
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