Arturo Fuente
Hemingway

The story of Arturo Fuente Hemingway Cigars. As told by Carlos Fuente Jr. "My grandfather always made cuban perfecto cigars. Perfecto cigars were very, very popular during the 1920's, 1930's and 1940's. I remember when I was growing up in the factory we made a lot of cigars that were Perfecto-shaped. We made Perfectos by hand, and as time went by there were fewer and fewer cigar makers rolling perfectos - because these cigar makers were older, they retired, they passed away. it took a realm aster to make a true Cuban perfecto cigar. The perfectos my grandfather used to make were called Arturo Fuenete Fancy Tales, Tales T_A_L_E_S. I think the last time there were made was back in the 1960's or early 1970's, and that was it. We stopped making Cuban Perfectos for many years. "Ever since I was a child I was always fascinated with that shape, the old world, and the really difficult art of the craft that the Cuban Perfecto cigar represents. So, when we first came here to the Dominican Republic in 1980, I thought we should start make those shapes again. But at the time nobody was making shaped cigars. But I wanted to really bring back the old world, just to keep the art, the tradition, the craft alive. I remember telling my my father, Dad, we should start making some of those shaped cigars again, the Fancy Tales. My father was the only one that knew how to make those shaped cigars because he had been taught by my grandfather. he told me on one of the trips back to Ybor City that he going to try to find some of the old molds. But he didn't know where they were. It was important to find the old molds because no one could make the molds. there was no demand for that cigar. it was something that was lost thats why it was important to find the original molds and as fate would have it, my father found the them in our Ybor City factory. he then started to practice making the Cuban Perfecto shape. At first he just made a few for himself, working on the blend and so forth. After he was satisfied with the blend and the shape my father taught our master rollers to make it for him. We used to make, maybe twenty cigars a day for ourselves to smoke and enjoy. That first cigar is what is known today as the Hemingway Signature 6x47. the signature was introduced in 1983 and that was the only shape until around 1988 when we introduced the Classic and the Masterpiece. About the same time my father wanted to develop something totally different, unseen in cigars. So we started fooling around with a very short cigar, which was only for our own personal use. That cigar became the short story. Today we make all of these cigars and also a few very limited shapes such as the Work of Art, Best Seller, Untold Story or the Between the Lines, as well as others. These are extremely difficult to make so our production is very small. We accumulate the limited production of these cigars in the aging rooms and usually release them around the holidays, something special for our fellow cigar smokers to enjoy. The Hemmingway cigars have a very warm place in my heart and in my memories. it is very pleasing for me to remember watching these cigars being made by my grandfather, and to think that these cigars are now made in our factory in the Dominican Republic. That is very fulfilling. I hope that you enjoy the Hemmingway cigars and what they mean to our family.