What next, people sleeping overnight in tents for wristbands?

IMHO, this is a little out of hand.

Didn't get that e-mail. Can you send me a PM who sent it? Maybe it went into my spam folder or something.

M

TG, plenty of last years still available at around $20 per... Quite frankly have never had one as I just couldn't see paying that kind of coin for it. Just picked up a couple of bundles of the ELO 1's and 3's as for about $6 there a great smoke... But $12 or $15 ?? I can't seem to justify that.... Maybe I'm just cheap? Or just can't get into the limited edition hype? But I do like Tat's.... Guess as a brand my favorite legal smoke nowadays ......

Lemming Outrage!

There are a number of BOTLs (including some on this board) who've been to Nica over the past year and had the chance to sample these sticks. All the guys I've heard from have said they are stellar, and many of them have been begging Don Pepin to plant more Pelo de Oro in the future (he said he won't ... something about it being too hard to grow, the yields were very low and space is money on those farms). Pete said basically nobody in the industry uses this type of leaf because it's just not worth it to grow (or they just flat out can't get any yields at all). Anyway, they guys who've had them have raved about these.

I'm less and less into hype these days, but with so many guys I know swearing these are awesome ... it's going to be tough for me to stay away from a few, even at $15.

As far as the futures thing, Pete's been wanted to do this for a while. He loves the wine industry and thought this would be a fun idea to adopt. For those who know they want to get some anyway, it's a pretty sweet deal.

Same reason one would buy a choice or prime ribeye over a select grade sirloin once in awhile. Sure, both are beef, but one just tastes way better and is a better cut. But it's whatever makes you comfortable and you enjoy.

The 2008 and 2009 are different cigars - different blend, different tobaccos. I thought the '09 was a more unique cigar in flavor due to the tobaccos used, the Pelo de Oro and corojo he is using (particularly the PdO) is really off the hook, the '08 was very good, but I thought it was too close to too many other cigars out there.

I agree

Can someone PM me the site for these?

I like what I smoke when I smoke what I like, and this one is a winner!

My friend got a fresh roll of 2010 supposedly - a test run - tells me it was also phenomenal. Can't wait.

I'm just curious how a "future" works!

M

As someone that has bought wine on futures, yes you can make money if you are so inclined. Back in the day when I had the cash and I was building a wine inventory I used to by futures. Not for resale but because it was way cheaper. When wine prices went nuts in the late 90's I sold off about 15% of my inventory and it paid for the balance. Basically my wine had cost me nothing... Unfortunately during my divorce I had to auction off most of what remained as part of the property settlement. Today I still have a few hundred bottles but have not really bought any wine in years. On the plus side basically I drink for free !

Hope that answers your question.