Fuente Warehouse Fire

[shanez]

This is the second Fuente warehouse fire I know of:

Fire Destroys Fuente Tobacco Warehouse | Cigar Aficionado

Fire, the bane of cigarmakers, tore through one of Arturo Fuente’s tobacco warehouses in Villa González, Dominican Republic, yesterday. | Cigar Aficionado

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[pantsBoots]

Last one was a little over 10 years ago, where they lost their oldest leaf that had been saved for decades, including some pre-embargo Cuban leaf.

I'm glad to have just refilled my Fuente supply with the blends I like. I know a rash of Opus and other Fuente Koolaid just hit the stores; this fire will do nothing to help supply, so if you like something rare and Fuente, now's the time to grab it.

 

[pappymac]

That hurts.
Fuente has always been one of my favorite brands even if I don't smoke cigars as often anymore.

 

[Worknman]

Man that's alot of good tobacco up in smoke. Hate it for all the hard work that went in to the production.

 

[ashdigger]

I thought only food processing centers and oil production facilities caught on fire.

 

[kcghost]

Opusx is about the only Fuente brand I tolerate and that usually after five years of aging. Many people do worship the brand.

 

[Zamora]

I love Arturo Fuente and Carlito is easily my favorite personality in the tobacco industry. He said that this won't hurt production because it was a fraction of their overall inventory, but I'm probably going to stock up on some of my favorite AF sticks to be safe.

 

[ThermionicScott]

...but I'm probably going to stock up on some of my favorite AF sticks to be safe.

And so it begins.

 

[Zamora]

And so it begins.

I mostly smoke their lower end stuff, I had an Opus X for my birthday but they're way out of my price range otherwise. No doubt prices for the Opus X will skyrocket, most places already sold them for way above the MSRP.