Cigar School / Tobacco growing regions:
Today, fine tobacco is grown all over the world in almost every variation of soil. The finest is considered to be from Cuba's Vuelta Abajo area in the Pinar del Rio region of the country's western side. The tobacco is strong and full bodied with spices and aromatic flavors. Another prominent tobacco growing region is the Dominican Republic's city of Santiago in the northern half of the country. Most of their tobacco is derived from Cuban seeds; although it is not as strong it is quite full-flavored. Ecuador is another country that produces high quality tobacco. The country produces both filler and wrapper tobacco which is shade-and sun-grown. Their tobacco is mild and less robust in strength and flavor than the originals. The Central American Countries of Honduras and Nicaragua produce fine tobacco with high-quality Cuban seeds and Connecticut-seeds. They both produce full bodied tobacco with strong, spicy flavors. In Mexico's San Andreas Valley is the famous sun-grown variant of Sumatra-seed tobacco which serves as a wrapper for many cigars. Cigars made in Mexico are usually made from 100 percent local tobacco. In the United States, north of Hartford, Connecticut the finest wrapper leaf in the world, the Connecticut, is produced. It is a brownish-yellow leaf that creates a mild to medium bodied smoke. Cameroon is another prominent area where high-quality tobacco wrappers are grown. Their colors range from greenish brown to dark brown. Cameroon usually uses Sumatra seeds imported from Indonesia. All Sumatra-variety tobacco comes from the Indonesian islands. They are used as wrapper leaves and are usually dark brown.
