Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
Despite many decades of war and revolution in this Central American country, the cigar industry has thrived due to the hard work and tenacity of Cuban exiles to the land such as Plasencia, Padron, Oliva, Ortez, and others. Tobacco has been a force of social stability, and the country is now one of the principal exporters of premium cigars in the world.

Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
Natural wrapper, also known as Colorado Claro, is light brown in color.

The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.

The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together. 
As its name implies, an Unknown binder is made of tobacco that is not known or that the manufacturer did not disclose.

Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.

Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.

La Zona is Erik Espinosa's cigar factory located in the foothils of Esteli, Nicaragua. The factory is also the headquarters for Espinosa Cigars in Nicaragua.