Quote Originally Posted by cigar no baka
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.
Bull crap!!! Clearly he's not happy with General Cigar for some damn reason - or he wants you to try "his brand". I smoke all different kinds of cigars from a variety of sources. There are things that I like about General Cigars cigars, and things I don't like about their cigars - like just about every other line I smoke.

General Cigar manufactures a long list of cigars - many of which are VERY nice. Don Tomas, Macanudo, Punch, Partagas, Hoyo, La Gloria Cubana, Cohiba, etc., etc. They wouldn't be in business if they "cut corners" on their cigar line as this guy suggests...