Cubans

[monk]

Absolutely agree. I used to buy my cigars only from Vinny at CIGAR WORLD until they closed a few years ago.
The better resorts will sell real cubans in their gift shops, but they are expensive and you usually have to be staying there to get to the gift shop. Seashore Bay has a humidor now that does offer them, again expensive. I have been able to go into the Beaches Gift Shop a few times and get the R & J Tubos or Fonseca Cosacos at a decent price. I usually consider all else fake, but still decent smokes.
I still buy some at the airport on the way home, some have been real good, some have been bad. Good Luck.

Vinny was a champ. Last I heard, he was back in India at his family's restaurant. Man the cigars I used to smoke out of that shop, many rivaled stuff out of a keep I used to have in London. Bolivar Royal Coronas in el corojo, upmann no2s, rafael gonzales coronas extras, for awhile I had a shelf there...Punch DCs...the thing was it was very pricey (you will not find anyone really willing to make "a deal" when buying cuban cigars, like you won't find people wiling to make a deal when you go to buy other luxury items lol) and so the cigars would sit and sit and sit, I think he had SLR PCs from 92 in there once, in 98. They didn't last very long and were insane.

I believe they also had a shop in tryall.

This brings back some nice memories, my favorite thing to do on Sundays used to be grab the Observer, buy some donuts, hit Sunrise Club and smoke away the morning after some breakfast crepes and a few rounds espresso/cappucino.

and when things were really good every day was Sunday lol.