Don "Pepin" Garcia Question

[NCRadioMan]

Originally Posted by njstone

I've read a bit of the story, but I can't for the life of me remember where. I know that he left a long time ago and his family was the main consideration. As with others who left (Torano, etc), starting over from scratch is a really difficult thing. And in their case, they had to start over growing tobacco in different countries with different conditions.

Not that long ago. Pepin's first employer after he left Cuba in 2001 was Eduardo Fernandez’ Aganorsa in Esteli, Nicaragua. The first cigar he blended was the JFR from Tabacalera Tropical.

I've never heard how he got out but I can only imagine it was to better his families lives.

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

Not that long ago. Pepin's first employer after he left Cuba in 2001 was Eduardo Fernandez’ Aganorsa in Esteli, Nicaragua. The first cigar he blended was the JFR from Tabacalera Tropical.

I've never heard how he got out but I can only imagine it was to better his families lives.

Well, I"m only 31 so 2001 is a long time ago to me, lol! But yea, you're probably right.

I think it's very impressive that he was successful enough to start buying his own farms so soon after leaving. I'd love to hear him discuss the differences between his job in Cuba vs being free to run things himself.