Cigar Journal

Arturo Fuente Opus X cigars arranged in an open cedar box against a dark backdrop
Arturo FuenteBrand StoryOpusX

Arturo Fuente Opus X: What Makes It Legendary

It took Carlos Fuente Jr. seventeen years of agricultural failure to grow the wrapper that made OpusX. The result is the most coveted cigar made outside Cuba.

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Man lighting a premium Plasencia cigar with swirling smoke, evoking five generations of tobacco craft
Brand StoryPlasencia

Plasencia: Five Generations of Tobacco Craft

The Plasencia family has grown tobacco for 160 years. For most of that time they grew it for other people's cigars. The story of how they built their own brand is one of the more interesting in modern cigars.

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A fine Cuban cigar and its tubo on dark wood in a moody lounge, evoking the Davidoff legacy
Brand StoryDavidoff

Davidoff: The Legacy of Zino Davidoff

From a Geneva tobacconist's son to the most recognised name in non-Cuban premium cigars — the Davidoff story is the story of modern cigar craft.

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Aerial view of the Chateau de la Fuente estate in the Dominican Republic with its curing barn and the red A. Fuente sign
Arturo FuenteBrand Story

The Arturo Fuente Story: Three Generations and a Dynasty

Opus X is the famous chapter. The wider Arturo Fuente story — fires, exile, family — is the one that explains why the brand is what it is.

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Gentleman exhaling premium cigar smoke in an elegant library lounge, evoking the Perdomo Nicaraguan family empire
Brand StoryNicaraguaPerdomo

Perdomo Cigars: The Nicaraguan Family Empire

Perdomo grows everything from the seed up. The result is a vertically integrated Nicaraguan operation that quietly delivers some of the best value in premium cigars.

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