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TAKING A LEAF OUT OF HIS OWN BOOKS

When my elder son was six months old, I was asked to go to the Dominican Republic on a trip with Hublot to discover more about their collaboration with Arturo Fuente. Fuente was the first non-Cuban cigar brand whose story and product I was familiar with. Carlito Fuente is the current steward of the brand, which is as iconic as Cohiba, and, regarding several of their cigars, as coveted.

Opus X is a colossally successful sub-brand of Arturo Fuente, and has teamed

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