Black Label Trading Company Launches New Factory
Black Label Trading Company has announced the formation and launch of a new cigar factory called Fabrica de Oveja Negra in Esteli, Nicaragua, which is being opened with a complete focus on small batch...
View ArticleTabacalera Palma Celebrating 79th Anniversary
As part of this year’s ProCigar festival that takes place in the Dominican Republic next week, Tabacalera Palma will show off a release in honor its history. Known as the 79th Anniversary, the cigar...
View ArticleFour U.S. Senators Propose Tobacco Tax Changes
Four U.S Senators, led by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) have introduced a piece of legislation that seeks to close loopholes in the tax code that have been exploited by the tobacco industry to avoid...
View ArticleDavidoff Expanding Exclusive Flagship Offerings
Davidoff will be expanding the exclusive cigars placed in its Davidoff of Geneva flagships globally this year. Today, the company showed off exclusive Davidoff cigars for Flagships in Hong Kong,...
View ArticlePerdomo Announces Select Price Increases, Three New Lines for 2015
Perdomo has informed retailers of a small number of price increases to some of its lines, as well as a trio of new cigars that are expected later this year. Seven of the company’s lines will see a 25...
View ArticleSmoking in Nebraska Cigar Bars Just Needs One More Vote
With one more vote, cigar smokers will once again be able to enjoy cigars in cigar bars in the state of Nebraska. It’s not that the measure needs one more signature to pass, it simply needs to pass one...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Governor Proposes Cigar Tax in Budget Proposal
New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan presented her budget proposal for the 2016-17 biennium today, and as part of her proposal, the governor called for an increase in the state’s tobacco tax. In the...
View ArticleSurrogates Cracker Crumbs
A while back, Casper Johnson sat down with us for the first installment of the short-lived HALFWHEEL X, he did tell us about one new product, small cigars packaged in soft five-packs for the L’Atelier...
View ArticleBreckenridge, Colo. Smokers Can Keep Lighting Up on Patios
The town of Breckenridge, Colo. has a new smoking ban, but cigar smokers got a bit of a reprieve as the town council decided to allow smoking on and near restaurant and bar patios. After debating and...
View ArticleKentucky Smoking Ban Passes House, Faces Senate Opposition
Even if the outcome is unlikely to be different, a statewide smoking ban on Kentucky has passed the Kentucky House of Representatives by a vote of 51-46. The bill’s sponsor is once again Rep. Susan...
View ArticleCroMagnon Atlatl Heading to Lone Star State Cigar Co.
Later this month, there’s a good chance you’ll be able to find the CroMagnon Atlatl lancero on the shelves somewhere in the Lone Star state. That place is aptly named Lone Star State Cigar Co., a pair...
View ArticlePetition to Repeal Smoking Ban in St. Joseph, Mo. Falls Short
A petition drive to repeal a recently enacted smoking ban in St. Joseph, Mo. has fallen short of the required signatures, meaning that the ban will stay in place. Bar owner Steve Peterman and his...
View ArticleProCigar Auction Featuring New, Exclusives & Vintage Cigars
If you are heading down to the Dominican Republic next week for the annual ProCigar Festival, bringing your checkbook could land you a chance at being one of the first to try new cigars, or even taking...
View ArticleGran Habano Not Increasing Prices, Announces 2015 New Releases
There won’t be any price increases on Gran Habano products this year, according to George A. Rico, but there will be a number of new releases and packaging changes. One project that has been on the...
View ArticleBill to Lift Cuban Trade Embargo Introduced in U.S. Senate
A bill proposing to lift the more than 50-year-old trade embargo against Cuba has been introduced into the United States Senate, the latest in a string of developments that has put the relationship...
View ArticleNorth Dakota House Rejects One Tobacco Tax Increase Proposal, One Still Active
On Friday the North Dakota House of Representatives voted 34-56 to defeat HB 1421, which proposed an increase from 28% to 43.5% of the wholesale price of cigars, pipe tobacco and other tobacco...
View ArticleEpic Maduro Reserva Robusto
Just about a year ago, on Feb. 28, 2014, halfwheel published its second review of a cigar from a new cigar company called Epic Cigars, a cigar called the Epic Reserva Maduro. Just a few weeks earlier,...
View ArticleQuesada Selección España Petit Belicoso
This year Quesada Cigars continued with its limited edition Selección España program, this time with the special size being 4 1/2 x 40 Petit Belicoso. This is the third year that they’ve done this,...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Estelo Padrón
Earlier this week, Estelo Padrón, the former head of production management for Villazon’s Honduran-American Tobacco S.A. (HATSA) factory in Honduras, brand developer of the non-Cuban Punch and Hoyo de...
View ArticlePortrait: Fred Rewey
Fred Rewey woud prefer you not take him seriously. That’s at least the general impression you get from Rewey’s online descriptions of himself. Rewey is not the third generation cigar maker. Rather, he...
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