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 ...

Among the Spanish-rich language of cigars — from figurado to puro — one word stands out: Connecticut. No doubt you’ll see it if you peruse your local store’s walk-in humidor. The Connecticut wrapper ...

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 ...

Five different blends create the 10 types of cigars he sells. The ones in dark wrappers are bitter; the others are smooth. Advertisement “He’s a good cigar maker,” says Norman Asher, ...