Quote Originally Posted by ggiese View Post
It is coming - when is the question... Prices will no doubt jump (at least initially) and product will become scarcer.

What I'm wondering, though - will cigar manufacturers (as I suspect) start blending other tobacco's with Cuban tobacco? It would seem to me that would be the logical thing to do - at least in some cases. And I'd be really interested to test the final product. Especially with how well the quality of NC has improved over the last several years.

Can you imagine a special blend Opus X and Cuban tobacco? Or an Anejo/Cuban hybrid? Even better yet - age the blends with Cuban tobacco like some of the special editions that have come out in recent years (i.e. LE05). Maybe SE Cuban blend Davidoff's? Or LE versions of Padron 26's and '64's? Maybe Ashton VSG/Cubans?
I was actually thinking about this the other day... Why has this not happened yet, or has it? There must be a big enough market outside the states for cigars like this to sell.