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Cigars, wine and spirits — makers, regions, leaf, technique and history. What a thing is; what one is like stays with the room.
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Plume vs mould
Plume is a crystalline bloom of oils that can appear on aged wrappers; mould is a fungal growth that damages the cigar. They are frequently confused, and the difference is visible.
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The Nicaraguan renaissance
How Estelí went from refugee ground to the centre of the modern cigar.
The Cuban canon
The marcas, the vitolas, and why the embargo froze a catalogue in place.
How a cigar is made
Seed to cellophane, each stage its own article.
Reading a band
Vitolas, shades, and the vocabulary on the box.
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