在今年3月4日举办的大烟熏遇见威士忌的研讨会上，观众们将享受一次特别的招待。他们将抽到富恩特雪茄公司和帕德龙雪茄公司联合出品的一款纪念双方父亲的雪茄，这款联合发行的雪茄是为了纪念何塞·奥兰多·帕德隆、老卡洛斯·富恩特。届时，小卡洛斯·富恩特和豪尔赫·帕德隆还将登台和观众见面，讲述雪茄制作背后的故事。

这是在好莱坞举办的研讨会的内容之一。还将有一场关于日本威士忌的研讨会和品鉴会，一场关于雪茄行业的过去和未来的全明星制造商研讨会，包括埃内斯托·佩雷斯·卡里略（Ernesto Perez Carrillo）和力图·戈麦斯（Litto Gomez）都会出席。

观众们还可以品尝到2022年度排名第二名的雪茄，雪茄制造商洛基·帕特尔（Rocky Patel）将登上研讨会的舞台，与观众分享他的洛基·帕特尔六十（测评得分96分），现场的观众将会品尝到《威士忌倡导者》2022年度的第一名，杰克·丹尼尔的Bonded（测评得分97分）用来搭配洛基·帕特尔的这款雪茄。

富恩特/帕德龙的这款纪念父亲的雪茄项目是行业内独一无二的，这盒雪茄的一半是富恩特公司生产，另外一半是帕德龙公司生产。Cigar Aficionado 杂志曾经就这个项目专门写了报道《两个雪茄家族的故事》。

在大烟熏活动之后，这些限量版雪茄将会装在特殊的包装盒里发售。小卡洛斯·富恩特（Carlos Fuente Jr.）和豪尔赫·帕德龙（Jorge Padrón）会和与观众分享这些雪茄的原型版本，同时他们会介绍是什么让他们在这个历史性项目中走到了一起。

在大烟熏遇见威士忌研讨会上讨论这个项目再合适不过，本身这个项目的创意就是在威士忌和雪茄中酝酿出来的。

研讨会安排在2023年的3月4日举办，目前还有少量票在出售，可以登录bigsmokewhichyfest.com了解详情。

The audience at the Big Smoke Meets WhiskyFest seminars on March 4 are in for a special treat. They will be among the only people in the world to smoke a special prototype of the cigars being made by Padrón and Fuente in the project that honors each of their fathers. The audience will get a prototype cigar made by Fuente in honor of Jose Orlando Padron, and a prototype cigar made by Padron to honor Carlos Fuente Sr. They will also hear from the men behind the cigars, Carlos Fuente Jr. and Jorge Padrón.

That is only one of the seminars that will take place March 4 in Hollywood, Florida. There will also be a seminar and tasting on Japanese whiskies (Hibiki Harmony, Hakashu 12 and Yamazaki 12 will be poured); an all-star seminar on the past and future of the cigar business featuring some of the biggest names in cigars, including Ernesto Perez-Carrillo and Litto Gomez; plus a tasting of the No. 2 Cigar of 2022 paired with the No. 1 whisky of 2022. Cigar star Rocky Patel will be on stage for that seminar, sharing his Rocky Patel Sixty Sixty (a 96 pointer) with the audience. The smoke will be paired with Jack Daniel’s Bonded (a 97 pointer), Whisky Advocate’s No. 1 Whisky of 2022.

The Fuente/Padrón project is unique. Both of the companies are coming together to create a special humidor filled with cigars, half of them made by Fuente, half made by Padrón. The project was the focus of Cigar Aficionado’s September/October 2022 cover story called “A Tale Of Two Cigar Families.” 

These aren’t the final versions of the cigars—those will be sold in very limited form in special humidors, with a release date after the Big Smoke. But Carlos Fuente Jr. and Jorge Padrón have agreed to share prototype versions of these cigars with the audience as they discuss what brought them together on this historic project.

It's fitting that this special project will be discussed at Big Smoke Meets WhiskyFest, for the idea was hatched over cigars and whisky. 

The seminars take place March 4. Seating is limited, but tickets are still available. For more information and to buy tickets, visit bigsmokewhiskyfest.com