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Havana Corner: Hanging Around the Harvest
One look is worth 1,000 words. As much as it is a cliché, it means even more in Cuba. Sometimes you just have to see it with your own eyes to really know about what's going on …
Field Trip
I reach out to pluck a bright green tobacco leaf from the stalk in front of me, but a cautionary tap on the shoulder makes me stop. Apparently, something about my amateur approach …
From Seed to Shelf
Five years ago, the cigar you're smoking was nothing more than tiny little seeds
It's Not Easy Being Green
Candelas, once hugely popular, are latter-day oddities that must fight for respect among their tawny cousins
A Leaf of Their Own
Dominican Republic cigarmakers are following the example of Fuente Fuente OpusX and growing their own wrapper tobacco
Nicaragua's Power Leaf
The cigar world turns once again to the potent tobacco of Nicaragua
One Tough Leaf
Dark cigars are hot, and that calls for dark, rugged Connecticut broadleaf
Ecuador: Land of Fire
Volcano Guagua Pichincha is blowing its top, sending plumes of ash and gas six miles into the sky. Quito, the capital of Ecuador, just seven miles away, is coated with layers of …
