From what I've read, all the big name cigar companies/families started operations in the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and other Caribbean locations years ago, using their best Cuban seed. So their cigars from those places have rivalled the legendary old Havanas for years.
Heard the same thing.
Tell me I can't have something, guess what I want?
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