On Nov 2, 2011, at 2:07 PM, Nat Russo wrote: > This is making me miss my defense contractor days back in Germany. We used > to be able to walk in to the Canadian PX and buy Cuban cigars. I smoked the > occasional cigar for the better part of 20 years before finally trying a > Cuban. I never would have believed how much of a difference there is until I > experienced it myself.
I'm curious how long ago that was, Nat. The cubans I've had were OK, but nothing legendary. The problem was when Castro took over, he did some very stupid agricultural stuff (among other things) that hurt the Cuban tobacco industry. Only a lot of Soviet money bailed them out. Moreover, a majority of the great tobacco growers and cigar makers left and started growing their tobacco (from Cuban seed) in Honduras, the Dominican Republic, even a small stand in Connecticut of all places, and continued making great stogies. I'm a huge fan of Arturo Fuentes, especially their Hemmingway series. Best, R.E.F. ---- www.crydee.com Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
