Wilting

Glossary

Wilting

Allowing stalk-cut tobacco to sit on the ground in the sun after chopping (see photo). The wilted tobacco is then speared on a lathe and hung in a curing barn.

Photo by David Savona

Parejo

Par-Ay-Hoe | Noun

A straight-sided cigar, such as coronas, panetelas and lonsdales. Cigars that are not straight sided are called figurados.

Double Corona

A big cigar, known as a prominente in Cuban cigar factories. The cigars generally measure 7 1/2 to 8 inches by a 49 to 52 ring gauge. The …

Curing Barns

Curing barns, sometimes called curing sheds or casas de tabaco , are constructed in or very near tobacco fields and are essential to the …