Giant Siglo Cigar Humidor Fails to Sell at London Auction

(Cigar Aficionado) The ripping up of a Fuente Fuente OpusX Double Corona was an unlikely end to a cigar auction, but somehow it felt right. The audience sighed in sympathy with the giant Dominican smoke as it was torn asunder by just about the only man in the room who could could get away with it.
That man was Jeremiah Meerapfel, one of the tobacco dynasty of Meerapfels from Belgium, and he performed the surgery to show the love, detail and artistry that goes into creating Arturo Fuente cigars. Meerapfel and his brother Joshua were on hand to announce that the distribution right for the entire range of Fuente cigars had been secured by C.Gars Ltd., the organizer of the night's events. Continued