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INTRODUCTION
Very special and rare cigars blended by the two living legends of cigars,
Carlos Fuente, Sr. and Carlito Fuente.
The God of Fire cigars were first introduced in November 2004 in the majestically crafted, limited edition humidors produced by Prometheus. Since then, they have been sold through an exclusive group of authorized God of Fire dealers in 10 countries, and cigar connoisseurs all over the world have given the God of Fire cigars raving reviews.
For the releases in 2004 - 2006, the God of Fire cigars were encased in individual coffin boxes. In May 2007, the packaging boxes were changed and the God of Fire cigars are now released in their signature red box imprinted with Prometheus Bound.
All God of Fire cigars are adorned with two bands. The main band features a dramatic color rendition of Prometheus bound to a huge rock and attacked by an eagle for having stolen fire from Zeus and given it to mankind.
The second band signifies who blended the cigar and what year the cigar was made. Carlos Fuente, Sr. and his son, Carlito Fuente, have blended the God of Fire cigars. God of Fire by Don Carlos uses the Ecuadorian wrapper whereas God of Fire by Carlito, Cameroon. We are absolutely honored by the special blends created by the two legendary cigar makers.
In the second band, we also put the year of production. After the harvest, the fresh green tobacco is hung in curing barns where their moisture is allowed to evaporat e slowly. After over 6 weeks in the curing barn, the leaves gradually turn to a beautiful, rich shade of brown. The cured tobacco leaves are then fermented - after which they are aged for years before the Fuentes consider them ready for their finest cigars. Even though the cigars are made with aged tobacco, they have to be aged again after skilled torcedors rolled them. (Journey to Chateau de la Fuente)
When the cigars are first made, they are in the embryonic stage in which their ultimate taste is still being developed. As they are aged, they go through the maturation. During the maturation, the filler, binder and wrapper leaves form a perfect unity and balance, and the taste of the combined tobaccos becomes even more enhanced. The cigars, which are aged for one year in an ideal environment, will taste better than when they were first made. The taste of cigars reaches their pinnacle as they are aged for longer years.
When you produce wine, you do not use aged grapes. You harvest grapes for that year's wine. However, in case of cigar making, you use the tobacco, which has already been aged for many years. The year on the bottle of vintage wine signifies the year of grape harvest. However, it is difficult to put the year of tobacco harvest on the box of cigars. For there is a good chance that the filler, binder and wrapper leaves are all harvested in different years. The year on the second band of the God of Fire cigars signifies when the cigar was produced. You can track how long the God of Fire cigars have been aged since their production from the year on the second band.
Please enjoy these aged, exquisite cigars but do not forget to age some of these vintage cigars even further, like fine wines, for added enjoyment in the future.
Keith K. Park
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
God of Fire, Inc.
Prometheus International, Inc.
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Man of Fire. A 28 years old former economics student mixed his creative flair with a budding interest in cigars to begin Prometheus. Samuel Spurr meets Keith K. Park, proudly celebrating 15 years of passion and excellence.
Since launching Prometheus, Keith always dreamed of creating his own cigar line to complement his accessories. “I saw Prometheus lighters, ashtrays and humidors displayed in stores, but no cigars. I wanted to complete the picture.” The opportunity presented itself in the spring of 2003 as Keith and Carlito Fuente sat down to dinner in the Dominican Republic.
During the filming of the Fuente documentary, The Fuente Family: An American Dream, in Dominican Republic in the spring of 2002, Keith, who was the producer of the Fuente documentary, was repeatedly called “ God of Fire”, an obvious reference to Keith’s brand Prometheus and the Greek myth behind it. Carlito, remembering this reference to Keith, suggested he uses “God of Fire” as a cigar brand name. FULL STORY
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A unique God of Fire humidor filled with 300 cigars made by Carlos "Carlito" Fuente Jr. A table of 10 at the 2008 God of Fire charity dinner in Los Angeles, as well as a visit to the Chateau de la Fuente tobacco farm in the Dominican Republic. Starting at $250,000.00. FULL STORY |
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The Fuente family has teamed up with Keith K. Park, owner of Prometheus International, Inc., to create a limited cigar brand called God of Fire.
Excerpt from Cigar Insider. July 13, 2004. Vol 9, No.8
BY MICHAEL MORETTI
The Fuente family has teamed up with Keith K. Park, owner of Prometheus International, Inc., to create a limited cigar brand called God of Fire. The cigars are made by Tabacalera A. Fuente in Dominican Republic and will be distributed by God of Fire, Inc., a company wholly owned by Park. The Fuentes own half the brand, Park the other half.
There will be two blends under the brand umbrella -- God of Fire by Don Carlos and God of Fire by Carlito. Don Carlos will be made by Carlos Fuente, Sr. It is designed to have a silky, sweet taste. Carlos Fuente, Jr.'s blend will be more powerful. "This is going to be a very small production, a special production," said Fuente, Jr.
God of Fire is named after the Greek Titan Prometheus, who, as the myth goes, was bound to a rock and attacked by an eagle as punishment from the gods for stealing fire and giving it to man. The main band depicts the bound Prometheus being attacked. A second, smaller band on each cigar has the name of the blender and the year in which the cigar was produced. This year's batch will say "By Don Carlos, 2004" or "By Carlito, 2004."
"By putting the year of production on the cigars and boxes," says Park, "we are enabling cigar smokers to know the age of the cigars. We would like to add to the sophistication and collectability of cigar smoking." This year, God of Fire will be available only in 100 limited-edition humidors. The cabinet humidors, which can hold 250 to 300 cigars, will retail for $6,000. They will come with 50 of the Don Carlos blend and 50 of the Carlito blend. Park said the cigars will be sold individually in 2005.
Prometheus, the Greek god of fire has not only lent his name to a maker of lighters. He is also patron of the new cigar brand "God of Fire" blended by Carlos and Carlito Fuente, exclusively for Keith K. Park from Prometheus.
Reprint from European Cigar Cult Journal, Autumn-Edition 3/2004.
Prometheus, the Greek god of fire has not only lent his name to a maker of lighters. He is also patron of the new cigar brand "God of Fire" blended by Carlos and Carlito Fuente, exclusively for Keith K. Park from Prometheus. The additional names "by Don Carlos" or "by Carlito", respectively, represent the different blends of Fuente father and son. The exquisite vintage Churchills are packaged in individual wooden boxes and are only available in a 6,000-dollar humidor glass cabinet of 100 (50 of each version). The humidor is a work of art in itself -- its glass door is hand-cut in Italy and its low availability alone could soon make this brand as sought after as Fuente Fuente OpusX.
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