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The new DR Global factory makes their newest releases: the Cusano 59 Rare Cameroon, Cusano Habano LXI Sun Grown and the Cuvee Rouge and Cuvee No. 151. The other Cusano and Cuvee lines – Cusano 18, Cusano Corojo ‘97 and their four bundled blends and the Cuvee Blanc – continue to be manufactured at Tabadom’s Occidential Cigars factory, also in Santiago in the Dominican Republic. The Cuvee 151 was supposed to be made in Nicaragua with a Costa Rican-grown maduro wrapper, but import problems made it impossible to manufacture the cigar there and the Nicaraguan-made edition was never release. Production was moved to the new DR Global facility where it is being made now. Tobacco as a clean-energy fuel source? Italian geneticist Corrado Fogher has created a process by which, he says, oil from tobacco seeds can be turned into a biofuel to run everything from “water boilers to power generators,” according to a Reuters story last week. Fogher’s Plantechno S.r.l. biotech firm is championing the use of tobacco because it can be grown in areas where food crops, such as corn, cannot survive. That would allow more crops to be used for food instead of for fossil-fuel alternatives such as corn for ethanol. “I think it holds a lot of promise,” Fogher said. He notes that, in addition to relieving pressure on food crops, tobacco also grows much more densely than other crops. For every hectare (2.5 acres) on which it is grown, tobacco provides about two tons of oil, about twice as much as soy. Fogher, a non-smoker, told Reuters that the oil can be used by itself for stationary motors like a power generator, or can be mixed with palm oil for a biodiesel fuel for vehicles. A important test of the fuel will come in October, when it will be used to power a one-megawatt hospital power generator. And the winner is . . . Congratulations to Kevin Peretic of Verona, Pennsylvania, winner of our “Register & Win” drawing for a free Cusano-Cuvee Taste Tour Sampler from our Perelman, Pioneer & Company humidors, courtesy of Cusano Cigars. Up for your pleasure this week is a prized box of 25 Fonseca Predilectos No. 300, made by hand under the direction of Manuel Quesada at the respected MATASA factory in the Dominican Republic. They’re medium in body with plenty of flavor and offered in the mighty double corona size of 7 1/4 inches by 50 ring gauge, provided courtesy of our friends at Mike’s Cigars.. The box will be awarded in our drawing to be held on Sunday, June 22. To enter, just click on the “Register & Win” tab above and fill out the required information. If you have entered in the past, there is no need to re-enter; all past entries are carried forward to future drawings. You must be 21 or older to win; good luck! ~ Rich Perelman CLASSIFIED ADVERTISINGCigar Humidors and Cigar Accessories at Humidor Vault! Your online cigar humidor source, with rock-bottom pricing and fantastic customer support!Like sports? Get news and commentary you won’t see in your morning newspaper at TheSportsExaminer.com! Join the examination! A limited amount of classified advertising is available in this space on a weekly basis. For details, call Pat Harris at (213) 365-7965 or inquire by email by clicking here. Have an opinion? You can send it using the “Comment” button below! Don’t forget to register for our drawing for free cigars and accessories! Just click on the “Register & Win” button above; enter today! Looking for a cigar party? Take a look at our exclusive list of hundreds of cigar events across the country, listed by state and date, only on CigarCyclopedia.com!
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