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Where Do The Best Cigars Come From? A Country-By-Country Look

by chiron99

Though the first word that comes to many minds in reference to
"cigars" is, of course, "Cuba," great cigars come from all over
the world. And, in fact, the expertise that went into making Cuba
such a cigar powerhouse for so long (as it remains today) has
been dispersed to other countries - as a result of some of the
same historical upheavals that have made Cuban cigars an
embargoed forbidden treat to cigar fans in the United States. So
whether you're a new smoker ready to move on from
five-dollar-a-box cheapies, or a longtime smoker who'd like to
diversify your humidor, here is a guide to some cigar-producing
regions - both the well-established and the up-and-coming - as
well as to their best-known cigars.

Of course, if you're like many smokers, you'll know that often
the best smoking experiences come from scouring shops for
yourself, looking for that gem of a cigar you've never read of in
a cigar magazine, and never had recommended to you by a fellow
enthusiast. Nothing compares to the thrill of an accidental
discovery, as book-store browsers, record-store visitants,
antique hunters, and other collectors can also attest. Sometimes
there's nothing like simply visiting a fine cigar store, or a
choose-your-own-sampler online store, and following your
instincts. But sometimes, suggestions are nice too - so here are
a few.

Honduras
The country now known as Honduras was once home to part of the
mighty and fascinating Mayan Empire. Unfortunately, like so many
Latin American countries, it remains desperately poor after
centuries of colonial and postcolonial exploitation. In addition
to being the home of some great tobacco, it is a major source of
the world's banana crop, which has led to resource wars, power
struggles, and intervention in military and civil affairs by
international fruit corporations. (This is why you sometimes read
about activists leading banana boycotts.) Like nearby Nicaragua,
it was also devastated by Hurricane Mitch in 1998. But for all
these setbacks, the country boasts a near-seventy-five percent
rate of adult literacy (nearly ten points higher than nearby
Guatemala).

In terms of its cigar industry, Honduras was most strongly
affected, perhaps, by the 1959 Cuban revolution, which drove many
of that country's best-established cigar makers to find new
countries of residence. Among the countries to which many of them
relocated was Honduras. After the Castro government aided the
Hondurans in learning tobacco cultivation from the experts,
Honduran cigars reached a peak of excellence.  The country's
cigar-making status garners a #2 ranking in the U.S. for highest
selling cigars (by nationality), after the Dominican Republic. At
a tasting panel, the European Cigar Cult Journal recently
reconfirmed this reputation for excellence. La Fontana Mona Lisa,
La Libertad Lonsdale, and cigars by Camacho and Carlos Torano
were among those given high ratings by the panel. Carlos Torano
cigars are, more generally, regarded as among the world's best.

Greece
Everyone who has visited the Middle or Near East will remember
the smell of Turkish tobacco that sweetens the air at
restaurants, outdoor markets (known as soukhs), and, well, pretty
much anywhere you go. It's no surprise, then, that in Greece,
bordering and in many ways a part of this region, thirty-eight
percent of adults smoke tobacco in some form. But what is
surprising, perhaps, is that until four years ago, this
tobacco-loving country produced no cigars of its own. In 2000,
one Greek city major - Yiannis Tsoutsos - decided it was time for
the home of Homer, Aristotle, the three-act tragedy and - some
would say - world democracy to have its own regional cigar
company. He went to the best possible teachers, gathering
interested industrialists for a trip to Cuba to learn the craft
of cigar making. In 2004, following this visit, Domenico Cigar
and the Tsoutsos-led Tobacco Growers' Cooperative rolled out
their first line of handmade Domenico cigars, in Corona, Robusto,
Churchill and Cigarillo sizes.

<a href="http://www.cigarfox.com">CigarFox</a> provides you the
opportunity to build your own sampler of the finest cigars that
include cigar brands like Montecristo, Romeo & Julieta, H Upmann,
Macanudo, Cohiba, Partagas, Gurkha and many more. Choose from
more than 1200 different cigars! Other cigar products include
cigar humidors, cigar boxes, and cigar accessories like Zippo
Lighters.

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