If you’ve smoked a good variety of cigars, you’ll eventually have discovered a difference between wrapper types. Besides being just pretty packaging, that thin outer leaf can account for 60% of your ...

SMALLHOLDER farmers in Burma Valley in Manicaland province continue to embrace cigar wrapper tobacco farming after identifying a potentially lucrative international market. Speaking at a Cigar Tobacco ...

FIELD OF DREAMS: Cigar wrapper tobacco, such as these rows grown as part of tobacco extension specialist and N.C. State University professor Matthew Vann's research, could prove a more lucrative crop ...

Some experts insist that a cigar’s wrapper–the leaf that covers the cigar and that creates its appearance–contributes most of its flavor. Others claim that the filler–the compacted leaves inside a ...

Smokers who have tasted Burma Valley cigars regard them as exceptional and Mr Edmondson, a Von Eicken's buyer, noted at the start of the cigar wrapper tobacco marketing season. Von Eicken, a Germany ...

A medium-mild cigar, the Quesada Reserva Privada features Dominican Republic San Vicente tobacco that began aging in 1997. The San Vicente leaf is used for the binder and mixed with Pennsylvania ...

Outdoor cigar smoking is one of life’s greatest joys—and also one of its most infuriating obstacles. There’s something magical about smoking a quality cigar outdoors—on the golf course after a perfect ...