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Press Release: La Palina Announces Price Decrease

February 12, 2013 (Washington, D.C.) — Through increased sales and a consolidation of facilities, La Palina is able to announce an average price DECREASE of 10% on some of its most popular lines. According to La Palina founder and President Bill Paley, “I wanted to pass along the savings we have gained to our loyal [...]

News: La Palina to Release New Goldie

In the coming months, La Palina will be following up their highly successful Goldie Laguito No. 2 with a bigger edition, the 6 x 54 Goldie Laguito No. 5, according to La Pailna’s Director of Sales, Andrew Brennan. The blend is designed to be very similar to the Laguito No. 2, which used an Ecuadoran [...]

Weekly News (November 5, 2012)

Editor’s Note: There are eight weeks left in 2012, I counted. It’s hard to believe, but I suppose it as that time to start thinking about looking back. Although, when I look at what is still expected in 2012 in terms of new releases, the year is far from over. On a completely different note, [...]

Press Release: La Palina Cigars Announces the Addition of Andrew Brennan

October 31, 2012 (Washington, DC) — La Palina Cigars is pleased to announce the addition of Andrew Brennan to the company. Andrew is joining La Palma as Director of Sales. He comes to La Palina from La Flor Dominicana where he was Vice President of Sales. According to Bill Paley—president and founder of La Palma [...]

Weekly News (October 22, 2012)

Editor’s Note: This past week was halfwheel’s most visited by a fairly large margin. I looked back at my notes from when halfwheel started and looked at what we as a staff were working on a year ago, it’s been a long year. Contest winners announced shortly. Savinelli Cigars to be Distributed by Laudisi — [...]

News: Andrew Brennan Joins La Palina

Andrew Brennan took to Twitter this morning with a new Twitter handle and a new job, director of national sales for La Palina. Brennan ended his tenure at La Flor Dominicana last Wednesday after roughly five years with the Dominican cigar maker. Both the news last week and the news this morning was shocking to [...]