Quote Originally Posted by ashauler View Post
While I'm unconvinced that growing tobacco organically produces a "better" quality smoke, I can say without a doubt that it is no easy feat to grow and process tobacco organically.
How hard -> http://www.smokeshopmag.com/1201/trend.htm (FYI, the article is out of date, as there were eventually two organic farms - although I don't know if the tobacco is still in production, as only Famous carries the cigars currently.)

I've got five left from the 2001 crop (one farm, single seed (criollo), rolled in 2006 IIRC). IMHO, they didn't start smoking well until last year. Up until then, they smoked liked the early reviews - okay for the first inch or so, and then bland and one-dimensional. Now they literally do have a taste unlike any other cigar that I've had, and are finally 'worth' the price I paid for them.