Connecticut Shade in Cubans?

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Originally Posted by thschrminm

Funny thing is that Conneticut Shade originated from a cuban seed Hazelwood strain and the process for growing Conneticut Shade employs the Cuban technique of tabaco tapado (covering tobacco plants with cheesecloth from the sun to get lighter colored wrapper). The soil in Cuba is the best for growing the best tobacco in the world let alone wrapper. Why buy the milk in the U.S. if the cow is in your backyard for free...

Totally untrue that a cuban puro uses U.S. grown Conneticut Shade wrappers in their cigars. If anything the original strain for Conneticut Shade is Cuban so the statement could be true if this varietal was or is still being used at some point but I don't believe it is true anymore...

Right on ...

It's true they grow cigar tobacco in CT much the same way they do in Cuba. In fact, my grandfather, who was in the trade, used to say the CT River Valley and Pinar del Rio are more closely matched than any other two growing regions comparatively when taking all things into consideration such as soil characteristics, climate, etc. It's no wonder Cuban origin seeds do so well in CT.

Besides the arguable "fact" Cuban wrapper is the finest in the world, for practical (read economic) reasons, let alone the aforementioned legal reasons, there is no basis to suggest the Cubans have used CT grown tobacco, or any other foreign tobacco for that matter. They barely have the required means to support their own horticulture, let alone the cost of importation.

Not to mention, just like sparkling wine produced outside the Champagne region of France is not Champagne, the modern administrators of Habanos recognize the need to protect and promote their sustainable advantage, their "Appellation d’origine contrôlée." They know they have the best product in the world, despite their best efforts to screw up what Mother Nature has blessed them with.