However, Altadis also produces Montecristo cigars in La Romana, Dominican Republic. So, yes, there are authentic Cuban Montecristos, but also, a majority of its tobacco is grown and produced in ...

but you can find many Cuban seed and Habano-wrapped cigars produced in neighboring regions. Many Cubans fled to the Dominican Republic during the revolution, bringing along Cuban-seed tobaccos.

Narrator: Cuban cigars hold a reputation as the world's ... now argue that cigars from countries like Nicaragua and Dominican Republic, which the industry calls New World cigars, have become ...