I didn't get any reply from Sweethearts either, Brian. I'm gonna call.
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I should have called 8 minutes ago when they were open. :-)
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:-)
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To my knowledge the Short Story boxes do not say Hemmingway on them, only "Short Story" under the clasp.
The other boxes either have it imprinted on the top or inside or both.

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I could be wrong, but Fuente used to release some of the harder to find stuff around the December holiday season (including Between the Lines (barber pole SS)
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:-) :-):-)
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Interesting....

http://www.cigarinspector.com/arturo...t-story-maduro


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Lol, just trying to help an ol FOG that has helped so many of us in the past...
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I thought the BTLs were the same size as the Best Sellers.
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Actually you're probably right.
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Those are the ones I'm chasing, Kelly. I found out about them by chasing links after someone posted a partial list of new releases they had found out about at the trade show (he hadn't mentioned these).
The list I found was HUGE. I had no idea they released so many cigars every year. There were lots of new brands, and tons of stuff I never heard of. I'd go find it, but I can't even remember who made the initial post.
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Here we go...
http://thecigarfeed.com/?p=7907
That's not the page where I saw the list before, but it'll do.
170 new releases. <giant eyeballs smiley>

If someone can figure out how to lift that list and drop it in a post here, I'm sure the guys would dig it. :-)
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60 by Sosa
601 La Bomba
601 White
A. Turrent Triple Corojo
AKACigars "x"
AKACigars Hybrid 6 x 60
AKACigars Hybrid Churchill
AKACigars Hybrid Rothschild
Arturo Fuente Casa Cuba
Arturo Fuente Hemingway Short Story Maduro (2011)
Ashton ESG "x"
Ashton VSG "x"
AVO 787
Berger & Entubar CRV
Berger & Argenti Entubar V32
Brick House Short Torpedo
C & C LRMD
C & C Roll Back
Cain Daytona Lancero
Cain F Lancero
Camacho Liberty Series 2011
CAO OSA (Olancho San Agustin)
Casa de Ortez
Casa Fernandez Copacabana
Casa Fernandez Edición Miami 2011 Rare Maduro
Casa Gomez Havana Sunrise*
Casa Magna Domus Magnus
Casa Magna Sanchos
Casa Miranda by Nestor Miranda
Cuba Aliados 2012
Cuba Aliados Cabinet Selection
Cuba Aliados Super Mazo
Davidoff LE2011 “White Edition”
Di Fazio Barroco
Drew Estate Natural "Big Jucy"
Drew Estate Natural "English"
E.P. Carrillo Core Line Monumentos
E.P. Carrillo Core Line No. 4
E.P. Carrillo Core Line Real Corona
E.P. Carrillo Limitada 2011
E.P. Carrillo Maduro
El Primer Mundo Epifanias
El Tiante
Forcade Cañozano
Forcade Gold Robusto
Forcade Girada
Gran Habano STK OPIUM
Gran Habano STK Zulu Zulu
Gurkha Cellar Reserve
Gurkha Godzilla
Gurkha "Lancero"
Gurkha Royal Challenge
Gurkha Seduction
Gurkha Wicked Indie
Humo Jaguar
Illusione ~ultra~
Illusione ~88~ Maduro
Illusione ~888~ Maduro
Illusione ~CG:4~ Maduro
Illusione ~mj12~ Maduro
Illusione ~mk~ ULTRA (2011)
Illusione Singularé 2011
ION
J. Fuego 777 Zero 6 x 60
J. Fuego Sangre de Toro 6 x 60
J. Fuego Sangre de Toro Originals
Jaime García Reserva Especial Limited Edition
Java Mint by Rocky Patel
JFR770LE
Kurt A. Kendall 7-20-4 1874
La Aurora (La Aurora)
La Aurora 107 Maduro
La Aurora 1495 BME Sumo Short Robusto
La Aurora Corojo
La Aurora Doble Maduro
La Aurora Preferidos Gran Reserva
La Aurora Puro Vintage 2004
La Caridad del Cobre Javelin
La Dueña
La Flor Dominicana Air Bender Maduro (Casa de Tabaco)
La Flor Dominicana Diadema Duo
La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero "The Digger"
La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero "The Digger" (Natural)
La Palina El Diario
La Sirena Series A
León Jimenes Prestige
Liga Privada "A"
Liga Privada Serie Ünico L40 Lancero
Liga Privada Serie Ünico Feral Pig
Lou Rodriguez Connecticut Lancero
Lou Rodriguez MF
Lou Rodriguez Rosado
Murcielago Toro Grande
My Father Figurado (Humidor Release)
My Father Le Bijou 1922 6 x 60
My Father Le Bijou 1922 Box-Pressed Belicoso
My Uzi Weighs a Ton
Nestor Miranda Grand Reserve
Oliva Serie V No. 4
Oliveros Aging Room M356
Oliveros Sun Grown Reserve
Padilla 8 & 11 Robusto
Padilla Artemis
Padilla La Terraza Habano
Padilla La Terraza Maduro
Padilla/Studio Tobac Figurado
Para Ti Petit Robusto
Paul Garmirian Artisan’s Passion
Pedro Martin Corojo
Pedro Martin Gold
Pedro Martin Lancero
Pedro Martin Pequeño
Pedro Martin Ruby
Perdomo Champagne Noir
Perdomo Conmemorativo
Perdomo Estate Seleccíon Vintage 2002 Maduro
Perdomo Estate Seleccíon Vintage 2002 Natural
Perdomo Estate Seleccíon Vintage 2002 Sun Grown
Perdomo ESV 2002
Perdomo Exhibición Exhibit Connecticut
Perdomo Exhibición Exhibit Maduro
Perdomo Exhibición Exhibit Sun Grown
Perdomo Reserve Limited Cameroon Edition Petit Corona
Pinar Del Río 1878 Capa Habana
Pinar Del Río 1878 Reserva Dominicana
Pinar Del Río Liga Especial
Pride Bandolero
Prometheus God of Fire Series B
Quesada Oktoberfest
Reinado El Emperador
Reinado Habanito
Reinado Limited Edition
Rocky Patel RP50
Rocky Patel Vintage Cameroon 03
Room 101 Connecticut
Room 101 LTD Namakubi
SAG 6 x 60
Sam Leccia Debut
San Cristobal Elegancios
San Lotano Oval
Savinelli 20th Anniversary
Savinelli Dos Campeones
Savinelli Nicaragua Reserve
Savinelli Special Selection 2006
Sencillo Black
Sosa Family Selection
Sosa Underground
SWAG Limitado 99
Tarazona Revolution 305 (R305)
Tatuaje Avion
Tatuaje Black Label Petite Lancero
Tatuaje Fausto
Tatuaje La Casita Criolla
Tatuaje Monster Series "The Wolfman"
Tatuaje "The Old Man & the C"
Tatiana Trio Fusion Frenzy
Tatiana Trio Sweet Euphoria
Thunder by Nimish Patel
Toraño Exodus 1959 50 Years BFC
Toraño Loyal
Toraño Vault
Toraño Vault Corona Gorda
Undercrown by Drew Estate
Urbano Corojo
Viaje Fifty | Fifty Black
Viaje Fifty | Fifty Red
Viaje Oro Trifecta
Winston Churchill
Zen by Nish Patel
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You're not wrong Kelly, Father's Day and December Holiday season (ie: late November) was still the case as of last year for most of the HTF stuff.
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Ditto.
Did they do the Anejo's and Opus at different times, Adam, or were they at Father's Day and before Christmas as well?
Seems they added some extra dates this past year because Opus and Anejo are pretty well stocked everywhere?
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Yeah you have seen that too Scott. I can walk into my B&M any day now and grab an Anejo or an Opus. I used to have to wait for Fathers day or the holidays or a rare out of the blue shipment. I dont know if Fuente started making more or what. Still no luck with the SSM for you but I have told my local cigar shop I am looking for a couple of boxes if he can get them. He does a lot of Fuente traffic so he should be able to get a few.
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I think traditionally, at least the way I remember it (ehhh), it was Anejos for Fathers Day and Opus Xs & BTLs for the December holidays, although it seemed like there were two regular Opus releases last year and IIRC, Mark (Norcal_Mark) was saying that he got in more boxes each time. Plus, there were all the sungrowns too, which stretched the boxes out further since people were buying those up

In the last few years, Fuente has been churning out the HTFs like mad. 858 SG rosado, 858SG, Hemi SG, Hemi SG rosado, Untold story maduros (when was the last time they made those monsters?). They even did Opus Sharks outside of the Opus-22 set last year...

Based on the larger quantity available, plus the other cigars, it sure seems like they upped production.
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It sure is a diversion from their "protect the mystique" philosophy. It hasn't been long since I'd grab every Opus I could find for the guys here. (I no like.) Now they're everywhere, even online. I never saw one of those 3 cigar tins till this year, I bought up a whole rack, then played hell getting rid of them. I'm still stuck with 3 tins. They'll make nice gifts, I suppose. :-)
There must be a new captain at the helm with some different ideas?
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Thanks, Mike. :-)
Still no luck here, either, but a bunch of the brothers are keeping an eye out for me, and have offered me a taste of theirs, so I'll be good no matter what. I was hoping to gather up as many as I can get so everyone here can get in on them if they want to. I've got plenty of time to split boxes and ship and stuff, so it'd be nice to put it to good use. :-)
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I dunno. I have no idea how the decision power is divided between Carlos and Carlito.

There is a bit of resurgence in cigars going on, in my talks with a number of manufacturers & makers, they all seem to believe that we're heading into an expansion, almost a mini-boom, but without a repeat of a lot of the garbage (caused in part by crop shortages) from the early 90's.

Besides that, I see a few other possibilities such as the upswing in HTF & LE interest and sales over the last few years so maybe they upped production, good crops 3-5 years ago so there is more tobacco for them to use and I believe that Fuente has been expanding their capacity over the last few years (actually, I can't think of many manufacturers who haven't expanded in the last few years) because they seemed to be having a hard time meeting demands, but were still adding new accounts, now, all of a sudden, all the accounts seem to be getting more cigars. And, lastly, maybe with all the other NC HTFs out there top chose from, could Fuente product be moving a bit slower in any one location, yet better across the board due to increased availability. Couple that with more product in the distribution and you have a recipe for stuff being easy to find.

Probably a combination of many things.
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Just got an email back from Tampa Sweethearts with their HTF/LE list, but they said they won't be getting any of the SS maduros in :-)
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