The Cuban cigar handbook - Cider Mill Press

Cuban cigars have long been considered the best cigars in the world. The Cuban cigar is an artform, with tobacco - growers and hand-rollers as artists. Today, there are more than 200 Cuban cigars a diehard collector will seek out, no - matter the price. THE CUBAN CIGAR HANDBOOK will highlight these same cigars and include the history of - Cuban cigars, fun celebrity sidebars, and features on growers, hand-rollers, and producers. - The night before President John F. Kennedy imposed the trade imbardo on Cuba, Kennedy ordered his press secretary - to procure 1,200 H. Upmann brand petit corona Cuban cigars. After recieving the cigars, the president signed the - order. Most Americans, however, did not store up their own personal stockpile. Now, with trade embargos lifted after - more than fifty years, what was once the