To leave wrapper on or off?

[joshua]

http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar...2,1163,00.html

Q: I own a large humidor that holds almost 200 cigars. Unlike some humidors, mine lacks dividers. I routinely mix different brands together. Will this result in an unfavorable marrying of the flavors, or simply enhance the cigars as they age?

John B. Turner
Alexandria, Virginia

A: If you keep cigars with different types of tobaccos and pronounced flavor differences, and they are stored together so that they touch each other, they will acquire each others' flavors. In most cases, this is not desirable. At the very least, you end up with cigars that all taste the same.

Oh and look at the question right under it:

Q: I have a 1,500-cigar humidor cabinet. I have about 17 boxes of cigars in the bottom of the cabinet. Do I take the ci-gars out of the cellophane and put them back in their boxes to age?

Greg Cosnotti
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A: Yes, it would be a good idea to remove the cellophane. Cellophane does two things: it seals in the natural humidity of the cigar so it will keep during shipping, and it protects the cigar from any jostling during that journey. To enhance the cigar's aging process, and speed it up a bit, you should take the cellophane off. You can keep the cigars in their boxes, although if the humidor is keeping humidity levels properly, I'd crack the boxes open just a bit to allow some air inside.

That is about cigars in boxes though, so its slightly different but related to the original post.