The guy at one of the smoke shops I frequent gave me his speech on General Cigar Company the first time I came in, seven months ago, right about the first time I started to buy premium cigars. I asked him if he had Don Tomas, a cigar I had been getting at a grocery store humidor for about a year. He gave me a long speech about how General is using artificial methods to process tobacco, and only age them for about 45 days vs. a year or longer with most manufacturers. He even has pictures hanging on the wall to back his point up.

I have no reason to believe he is telling anything but the truth. Can anyone out there shed any more light on this? I have been searching the Web and found nothing on the subject.