Cuba
Cuba remains the symbolic capital of premium cigar production. Despite Nicaraguan and Dominican production having reached comparable quality at the upper tier, the…
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is the world's largest premium cigar producer by volume and the most-refined production tradition outside Cuba. The Cibao Valley region…
Honduras
Honduras is the third-largest premium cigar producing country. The Jamastran Valley region — and to a lesser extent the Copán region — produces tobacco with…
Ecuador
Ecuador is the premium wrapper specialist of the modern world. The country produces wrapper-grade Habano tobacco that no other region matches — using natural cloud…
Cameroon
Cameroon wrapper — produced primarily in the Central African Republic since the 1970s — is the underrated premium wrapper category. Distinctive flavor architecture,…
Brazil
Brazil produces some of the most-distinctive premium tobacco in the world — particularly the Mata Fina from the Recôncavo region of Bahia. Used primarily as binder…