Cuban cigar makers are akin to artists.  They blend, roll and passionately produce a product that appeals to the discerning cigar lover.  Cuban cigars have their appeal to the business class and the recreational smoker.  They seem to be a conversational item and an ice breaker at meetings of newly formed business ventures and appear only at special occasions which gives them an elegance and class among cigar lovers especially among the affluent class because they are a rare find they are not cheap!   Not all cigar lovers choose Cuban Cigars  Carlos Fuente, Jr. President of Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia, one of the world’s largest family owned handmade cigar companies produces topnotch smokes such as Fuente Fuente OpusX, a 100 % Dominican Cigar, and the Fuente Hemingway line which was voted “the best of the best” among premium cigar brands in June 1999 Robb Report the lifestyle magazine for the rich describes the process of creating each cigar as having its own unique and individual characteristics and personality, a natural product.  He grows his own tobacco and makes the cigars by hand blending various tobacco seeds depending on the cigar.  That is his family’s passion.  According to Carlos the popularity over the past few years does seem to be almost faddish but the demand is still greater than the supply and will be in the future.  It is an art whether from the soil of Cuba or from the Dominican Republic.  The process of making of a single Cuban cigar, like a masterpiece to an artist, is made with passion, and precision.  A Cuban Cigar’s distinct flavor and individual smoke can be so distinct and individual to be discernible only by a class of cigar enthusiasts experienced enough to appreciate its every nuance!!