I faced the same problem! I slowly graduated to the bolder cigars and really enjoyed the Fuente VSG's, but couldn't afford to smoke them regularly, let alone find them. A cigar store pointed me to the Fonseca Sungrown Cedars. Wonderful smoke, sold construction, and reasonable in price on the net ($76.00) a box from Bonita Smoke Shop. Been smoking them now for years, and never looked back. I still enjoy an occassional VSG in a shop, but my everyday smoke remains the Fonseca.