According to the rules laid out by the Bush administration, as a US citizen you aren't allowed to consume a Cuban product anywhere in the world, even if it's legal where you happen to be... Any nagging guilt I might have felt about buying the product of expropriation was erased by the satisfaction of giving the finger to my own overreaching government, so I can now enjoy Habanos guilt free. Thanks W!
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"Cuban seed tobaccos grown in Nicaragua and Cuba. The wrapper would be from Cuba. The binder leaves would be from Nicaragua. For the ligero tobacco in the filler, he would use two types, one from Esteli and the other from Jalapa in Nicaragua. The other filler components, seco and viso, would come from Cuba, the former from Villa Clara, the latter from Pinar del Rio. That Cigar, he says with pride, would score 100 points."
-Don Pepin Garcia
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And that settles that :-)
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How so? :-)
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I am a pepin whore... if he thinks its a good thing, and the embargo lifts, I for one welcome the new blends
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I would smoke that cigar, for sure, but I still like puros in general; Nicaraguan, Cuban even the occasional Dominican, they give a much more distinct flavor profile. A Nic/Cuban blend could be a great cigar, but it wouldn't replace the delicate nuance of a Cuban puro.
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If it's not broken, why fix it? I still fear the day the Embargo is lifted.


-Gianni-
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What's to fear about it? Chances are with an influx of CC's it might put the NC's in the position of being more competitive in their pricing and lower our costs IMO...since we'll have more choices the NC makers are going to have to compete for our business with the Cubans as I'm sure a lot of cigar smokers will make a switch...of course, that could raise the prices of the CC's because of supply and demand, but that could still put the domestic market in the position of having to woo us a little more, with better product and pricing...
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Criollo until about mid '30s. At which point they developed Corojo (derivative of Criollo), which became their staple until the big changeover in late '90s.
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That is one of my fears. I enjoy the prices that I pay. I feel if Embargo is lifted, supply and demand will increase. The quality could potentially suffer and the prices increase. There are plenty of non-Cuban cigars I enjoy. I just can't justify the cost of them in comparison. I also feel cigars, like everything else, has become a market of advertising and "this is the best". I'd admit my largest fear is potential quality loss, price increase, another thing to get taxed and the loss of relationships I've built with my sources. The "status" I could care less about.


-Gianni-
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Im guessing the prices for Non cubans would go down.. which is GIANT PLUS for me lol
wonder what would become of company's like Padron or AF.. 5 dollar opus x !!!! can't wait! haha
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