A nice handwritten note signed by Arturo Jr with his best wishes for our daughter and the families, and telling us to "enjoy these fine cigars in the Hemingway House in Key West!" was also in the package. Cool.

frankj1 wrote:

He and the rest of the family are very menschey.

I became really friendly with them over the years. They gave HockeyDad, JOJOC and I a private tour of their office and showed us photos of the entire family's industry and history, and explained why they have such long-term relationships with Holt's, J.C. Newman and one other tribe family.

One family was their marketing agent and the other was their financier. Their subsequent children have also intermarried with those three families and the whole story about their emphasis on family and integrity is just amazing.

When I asked them what the rarest cigars they could sell me would be, they went back into the warehouse for like ten minutes and found me two 2005 (I think) Forbidden X Laceros that I sent to Slimboli. They also gave me a Forbiden X hat and Opus X slippers. LOL

rfenst wrote:

He and the rest of the family are very menschey.

I became really friendly with them over the years. They gave HockeyDad, JOJOC and I a private tour of their office and showed us photos of the entire family's industry and history, and explained why they have such long-term relationships with Holt's, J.C. Newman and one other tribe family.

One family was their marketing agent and the other was their financier. Their subsequent children have also intermarried with those three families and the whole story about their emphasis on family and integrity is just amazing.

When I asked them what the rarest cigars they could sell me would be, they went back into the warehouse for like ten minutes and found me two 2005 (I think) Forbidden X Laceros that I sent to Slimboli. They also gave me a Forbiden X hat and Opus X slippers. LOL

rfenst wrote:

reposted from the Frankie Tripod thread in the trades section...


98.2% of the box of Hemingway Best Seller Maduro are packed and will get on a plane with me early tomorrow 🇨🇮 morning...Destination Key West.
Thanks all for the love, and the laughs.

Thank you, Jamie. You've created a story that will be told to family and friends for years to come.

frankj1 wrote: