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Press Release: General Cigar Prevails over Cubatabaco in Trademark Dispute

March 28, 2013 (Richmond, Va.) — General Cigar was recently vindicated by the courts again in the nearly 16 year old legal battle waged by Cubatabaco to determine rightful ownership of the Cohiba® trademark in the United States. After losing its legal battle in the Second Circuit, Cubatabaco continued to exhaust all available legal channels [...]

Review: Por Larrañaga Dunhill Selection Suprema No. 31 (1960s)

It has been said that Dunhill produced some of the best cigars in the world, and it has been theorized that the reason the cigars were so good was that they were using superior tobacco in all of their blends. However, what some people may not be aware of is that for a time, Dunhill blended their [...]

Review: Dunhill Cabinetta

Today we will be taking a look at yet another vintage cigar for this week, a 1984 Dunhill Cabinetta. It’s no surprise that we at halfwheel absolutely love anything made by Dunhill. Time and time again they knock us off our feet (see here) with their complexity, construction, flavor and almost indescribable smoothness. Dunhill cigars [...]

Review: Davidoff Dom Perignon

For those of you that don’t know… Ask any cigar smoker that has been enjoying this hobby for a while a cigar they want to smoke before they die, and the odds are the Davidoff Dom Perignon will be fairly close to the top of the list… A brand (much like Dunhill) that has grown [...]

Weekly News (January 3, 2010)

I hope everyone has recovered from what hopefully was a fun and safe new years… (Awkward transition) And now the news… Pete Johnson tweeted about smoking a Black Label Petite Lancero, it will be a retailer exclusive stick, unsure about price and release date – although soon is what the birdies are saying. Yesterday I [...]

Review: Dunhill Estupendos

For those of you that don’t know… As I have said before, one of the most interesting brands in cigar history has always been Dunhill, and the Dunhill Estupendos is one of the rarest (and most expensive) vitolas that they produced. It is also one of the two vitolas that came in a Tube (the [...]

Weekly News (July 19, 2010)

Wow… IPCPR must be coming up as there is tons of news. The Torano Family took back control of the company from CAO, renaming it Toraño Family Cigar Company. They also announced three new cigars: Master by Carlos Toraño, Single Region and the Brigade. Bovedá and Humidipak also saw a change of distribution, now being [...]

Review: Partagás Dunhill Selección Suprema No.150 (1979)

For those of you that don’t know… In the annals of cigar history, Dunhill is considered to have produced some of the best sticks of all time… The cigars that Dunhill produced are legendary, and it has been theorized that the reason the cigars were so good was that Dunhill was using superior tobacco in [...]

Review: Dunhill Mojito

For those of you that don’t know… One of the most interesting brands in cigar history (or “Cigstory” as I like to call it when I am drunk) has always been Dunhill, and the Dunhill Mojito is one of the most sought after vitolas that they produced. For the history of the Dunhill brand, Wikipedia [...]