Ever Want to Learn The Science of Cigars?
Cigar Advisor put up a nice post called The Science of Cigars: The Influence of Soil on Tobacco by Didier Houvenaghel. It is a good read and worth the time. Didier is a Belgian agricultural engineer who spent many years in Cuba studying tropical crops, specializing in black tobacco. His extensive research and knowledge of the tobacco growing and curing process led him to create Nicarao cigars, his own brand of Nicaraguan puros, now made in partnership with Rocky Patel. Didier is also the author of the book, The Cigar: From Soil to Soul.
