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Blog: A Word About Our April Fool’s Day Review

It will go up rather shortly, but first an introduction, because every year we try this, and every year it causes some sort of controversy in the comments section. The first collaborative project between Brooks and I was actually an April Fool’s Day review. It was a joke, what we thought was a pretty obvious [...]

The Newsletter (March 4, 2013)

For those still unsubscribed, here’s the most recent version of The Newsletter. If you are interested in signing up, the details are here. It’s a fun edition with lots of pretty pictures, and a big announcement.

Blog: Our Newest Sponsor — Superior Cigars

We have another retail sponsor, Superior Cigars. It’s a great company with great people, and there even a few goodies on the website, including Añejos and Papas Fritas. Free shipping is standard on orders over $150 and there’s a big last of brands that covers a lot of companies. Don’t forget to tell them halfwheel sent [...]

2012 Awards: The Consensus

And the top cigar of 2012 is. First, a bit of what this is and what it is not. This is a compilation of 53 published lists, both traditional publications and online organizations, in an effort to find any trends, and most importantly, a consensus. The written content is all mine; it is not endorsed [...]

2012 Awards: The halfwheel 25

Before this goes any further. Take time to remember what halfwheel is when it comes to reviews. We represent a minuscule piece of the pie that in the cigar world. We review rare, hard-to-find, limited edition, prerelease, preproduction or otherwise unavailable cigars. It’s a niche, one that we stick to with a strictness that at [...]

2012 Awards: The halfwheel Packaging Top 10

After somewhat of an absence last year, a tradition Brooks started at SmokingStogie is back, packaging awards. As the amount of releases continues to increase annually, the diversity in packaging continues to increase. Not all of it is great, but in general, it seems fair to suggest the innovation within the concept of packaging a [...]

Blog: Some Programming Notes

First, Happy New Year! Like last year, the first week of the year will be kind of special. We’ve long held the belief that no cigar in anyone’s humidor should be sacred. They are made to be smoked after all. There’s no better time to smoke those special cigars than holidays. Like last year, we are [...]

Introducing the halfwheel Newsletter

Next Monday, we will release the first edition of our newest offering, the halfwheel Newsletter. The product will be emailed the first Monday of each month and will feature a combination of new articles and a series of our favorite reviews and news stories from the prior month. It’s a clean product, and one that [...]

Announcement: Holiday Party at Elite Cigar Cafe

On Friday December 21, halfwheel’s editors (Brooks Whittington and Charlie Minato) and writer Brian Burt will be at Elite Cigar Cafe in Addison, TX for a get together we are commonly referring to as halfwheel’s Holiday Party Pt. II. The event will run from 7-11 PM and there will be some out of town guests [...]

Blog: Gary Sheffield Tour Dates Announced

Rocky Patel Cigar Co. has announced a series of in-store events that will feature former Major Leaguer Gary Sheffield, who will be appearing in support of the Rocky Patel HR 500 cigar that was released in mid-September and reviewed here. The cigar commemorates the slugger’s 500 home runs, making him one of just 25 players [...]