Rain was the theme of day five of the 2015 ProCigar Festival in Santiago, Dominican Republic. It started late Thursday night and continued into most of Friday, making for a bit damper and muddier of a day than most of the attendees planned on, but it certainly didn’t seem to put a damper on anyone’s spirits. Charlie Minato and I spent the day at La Flor Dominicana, starting off at the company’s farm in La Canela before heading to the factory in Tamboril. The rain made for some interesting challenges, starting with the tour bus getting stuck in the mud on the way into the farm, which brought more than a dozen of the farm workers out to lend a hand getting it unstuck. Fortunately it was a quick process to get it back out to drier ground. While walking around the fields and ranchos, there were a few sandals that came off in the mud, some people resorted to tying plastic bags around their feet, and the rest of us just toughed it out. After Litto and Tony Gomez greeted the group, we were quickly introduced to another new friend, an adorable little pup that belonged to one of ...
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