Parts of a Cigar
Country of origin of the cigar. Country where the filler comes from. Country where the binder comes from. Country where the wrapper comes from. The length. The ring gauge. For example The Legend Toro comes from Esteli, Nicaragua. The filler comes from Nicaragua. The binder comes from Nicaragua. The wrapper is USA/Connecticut Shade and is grown under shade in Connecticut. The cigar is 6 inches long and has a ring gauge of 50.

Country of Origin
This is the country where all the parts are combined and rolled into a cigar.

Major Cigar Producing Countries
Cameroon (mostly wrappers)
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Canary Islands, Spain
USA (Florida, Las Vegas, New Jersey, and California)
USA (Connecticut for wrappers)

Filler
The filler is usually a combination of different leaves that are selected for their taste and aroma and blended together to form that special taste.

Binder
A binder is a very coarse, strong and elastic layer of tobacco wrapped around the filler to give the cigar whatever characteristic shape that has been selected for that particular cigar.

Wrapper
A wrapper is a very thing piece of tobacco that is put over the binder. Wrappers are selected because of their color, aesthetic look and taste. It is the wrapper that gives a cigar it's final appearance.

Length
The length is measured in inches.

The ring gauge is measured in 64ths of an inch.

Ring gauge of 64 = 1 inch.
Ring gauge of 56 = 7/8 inch.
Ring gauge of 48 = 3/4 inch.
Ring gauge of 40 = 5/8 inch.
Ring gauge of 32 = 1/2 inch.

Standard Cigars, Lengths, and Gauges

Robusto = 5.0 x 50
Corona = 6.0 x 42/44
Lonsdale = 6-3/4 x 42
Churchill = 7.0 x 47
Panatela = 7.0 x 38
Double Corona = 7 1/2 x 49
Diademas = a giant cigar 8 inches or more in length.

"Coming soon we will discuss various cigar colors, cigar rollers, tobacco plants and aging, what to look for when buying a cigar and also when smoking it, and also construction of a cigar. See ya'll then"