IPCPR 2015: Altadis U.S.A.
The Altadis U.S.A. booth was a busy place to be early in the week, as the company had a handful of limited editions that sold out on day one and several other new releases that were gaining quite a bit...
View ArticleIPCPR 2015: CLE Cigar Co.
Having not been the one to cover the CLE Cigar Co. booth the past few years, I’d sort of forgotten just how much was inside. The spacious white booth is home to not just Christian Eiroa’s brands, but...
View ArticleIPCPR 2015: Asociación Mexicana de Fabricantes de Puros S.C.
While visiting another booth, a representative from La Casta Cigars, LLC approached us and asked Brian Burt and I if we could stop by their booth, one space down from where we were. Turns out, we had...
View ArticleIPCPR 2015: Prometheus
Prometheus, it’s so shiny. 2015 FFOX6 Sampler First up is the 2015 FFOX6 sampler, which is also known as the Opus6 sampler, which includes singles of the Fuente Fuente OpusX King Power, Fuente Fuente...
View ArticleIPCPR 2015: Miami Cigar & Co.
I generally feel like I have a good idea of what’s supposed to be shown off at the 2015 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, at least for most companies. That was the case with Miami Cigar & Co., but...
View ArticleIPCPR 2015: S.T. Dupont
If you had to guess which company added the most new products at this year’s show, it’s difficult to imagine anyone suggesting S.T. Dupont, except me; because I have six pages of notes filled from the...
View ArticleIPCPR 2015: What’s a Habano Wrapper?
(Editor’s note: This year we hired two offsite editors to help us produce better live coverage of the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show. One of them was Rosalie Catanoso, who handled text, video...
View ArticleLa Flor Dominicana Sending Another Exclusive to Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival
As it did last year, La Flor Dominicana will be releasing an exclusive cigar for the upcoming Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival. Jon Carney, vp of sales for La Flor Dominicana, told halfwheel that it will...
View ArticleNicaragua’s Puro Sabor Adds Extra Day for 2016 Festival
The Nicaraguan cigar festival is turning five and now expanding. The Asociación Nicaragüense de Tabacaleros (ANT), the Nicaraguan cigar manufacturer’s association, has announced plans for the fifth...
View ArticleNeanderthal SGP
Only a few months ago, RoMa Craft Tobac released the first new line from the company since 2012, the Neanderthal. Underneath the seemingly innocent Mexican San Andrés wrapper was a potent blend of...
View ArticleTrio of La Flors Arrive Early
If you have been counting down the days until the La Flor Dominicana Salomón Especial arrives in stores, you likely would have thought that there was around 45 days left; after all, that’s what La Flor...
View ArticleLeccia Luchador El Gringo Frog Splash (Prerelease)
In April 2014, Leccia Tobacco announced its third regular production line named Luchador, which debuted in four sizes and featured both packaging and names inspired by lucha libre and the luchador....
View ArticleEdgewater, N.J. Backs Off Tobacco Purchase Age Increase
Just a week after a proposal to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products and nicotine delivery devices from 19 to 21 was introduced to the Edgewater Borough Council, it’s been tabled while...
View ArticleBuckhannon, W.V. Rejects Expanded Smoking Ban
The city of Buckhannon, W.V. won’t be expanding its existing smoking ban that currently covers city parks, with several members saying it simply isn’t necessary. WDTV reports that the proposal was...
View ArticleSmoking Ban Coming to Select Parks in Renton, Wash.
After King County banned smoking at transit centers, the city of Renton, Wash. noticed a significant uptick in smoking and related litter in the downtown parks near those transit centers. To combat it,...
View ArticleTatuaje’s CiGWAR Returns for 2016
Fans of cigars and the band GWAR will once again have the opportunity to smoke a cigar made for the noted heavy metal band. Pete Johnson of Tatuaje has confirmed that the Tatuaje CiGWAR will be back...
View ArticleWarped Releases Lirio Rojo (Update)
Earlier this year, Warped Cigars announced that it would be creating a limited version of its La Colmena line for the 30th anniversary of Hawaiian retailer, R. Field Wine Co. Now, R. Field, along with...
View ArticleDrew Estate Adding Kentucky Fire Cured Yard Bird as Barn Smoker Exclusive
Drew Estate has recently announced a pair of “Barn Smoker” events, gatherings of cigar fans at tobacco farms in Connecticut and Kentucky, and there’s a new vitola in the Kentucky Fire Cured line coming...
View ArticleMontecristo White Series Vintage Connecticut No. 3 (Prerelease)
As part of its new releases for 2015, Altadis U.S.A. is celebrating its farming operations in Connecticut with an extension to its well-known Montecristo White Series, a cigar called the Vintage...
View ArticleBills Seek to Keep Tobacco Sales Legal in Massachusetts
A pair of bills introduced into the Massachusetts House of Representatives seek to rein in what some would describe as a recent string of power grabs by boards of health throughout the state when it...
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