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Press Release: Espinosa Premium Cigars Announces Release of Espinosa Maduro

April 9, 2013 (Hialeah Gardens, Fla.) — Espinosa Premium Cigars is proud to announce the release of the long anticipated Espinosa Maduro. Coming off last year’s successful debut of the medium bodied Espinosa Habano, the Espinosa Maduro will be wrapped in a beautiful, smoothly textured, dark chocolate Mexican Maduro wrapper. Within this triple capped cigar [...]

Weekly News (January 14, 2013)

Editor’s Note: My pride and joy, here. Light news week Illusione’s Rothchildes Nears Release — Here. El Centurion to Return in 2012 — Details. Quesada Releases The Blender’s Sampler — Story and review. Civil Cigar Lounge Gets Exclusive Tatuaje — Details here. Villiger Launches Discovery Tour — Exclusive here. Georgia Reviews Tobacco Purchasing Bill — [...]

Press Release: Espinosa Premium Cigars Presents the 601 La Bomba Challenge

January 9, 2013 (Miami, FL) — Can you handle the STRONGEST cigar around? Think so? Well take the 601 La Bomba Challenge today! Espinosa Premium Cigars announces the promotion for the 601 La Bomba Challenge, where cigar enthusiasts take a BEFORE and AFTER picture of their smoking experience with the 601 La Bomba cigar and [...]

Weekly News (October 15, 2012)

Editor’s Note: We changed how the RSS feed works, here’s why. Liga Privada Único Serie Velvet Rat Comes to Chicago This Week — Story here. 601 & Murcielago Move Factories — Exclusive here. CAO Hurricane Scheduled for November — Story here.  Tatuaje HCS Maduro Coming Later this Month — The above via Holts’ Anthony Mazzola. [...]

News: 601 & Murcielago Production Move to Two New Factories

It’s been three months since Erik Espinosa took control of the 601 and Murcielago brands after the dissolution of EO Brands, and he’s now confirmed to halfwheel that the popular 601 and Murcielago brands will now be made at his La Zona Factory in Estelí, Nicaragua, as well as Tabacalera Villa Cuba S.A. (TAVICUSA), the [...]

Weekly News (July 16, 2012)

Editor’s Note: A year ago Friday, July 20 to be more precise, Brooks and I sat down for dinner after the third day of IPCPR and we discussed the idea of halfwheel–or what was to become halfwheel. Like so many great ideas for the site, Brooks thought of it first and it took me a [...]

News: Espinosa & Ortega Split Up EO Brands

Erik Espinosa and Eddie Ortega are back in control of the 601, Cubao, Murcielago and more—but EO Brands is officially done. Two weeks after Rocky Patel informed retailers the company would no longer be handling distribution of the EO marks, United Tobacco/EO Brands has been bought back by the duo, divided and dissolved. Espinosa and [...]

News: Erik Espinosa Nears Shipping of Two New Lines

Erik Espinosa, head of Espinosa Premium Cigars, said he is nearing the shipping of his company’s debut release, which is offered in both an Ecuadorian Connecticut and Nicaraguan Habano wrapper. Espinosa says he expects to start shipping to retailers shortly and already has orders he needs to fulfill. Espinosa debuted a single size of the [...]

Weekly News (March 12, 2012)

Editor’s Note: March is in full swing. As has been mentioned a few times here before, this should be no surprise. In halfwheel news, we would like to welcome Prometheus as our newest sponsor. For the next few days, Brook and I will be meeting at the super secret halfwheel offices in Dallas, before I [...]

News: Erik Espinosa Launches Espinosa Premium Cigars

Orestes “Erik” Espinosa has a new cigar company. Earlier this week, Espinosa Premium Cigars began appearing on a variety of social media platforms. Espinosa is most famous for being the E in EO Brands/United Tobacco, a partnership with Eddie Ortega the pair founded in 2003. Over the past decade the company has put out numerous cigars [...]