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Weekly News (December 17, 2012)

Editor’s Note: LOTS OF CONTEST. This week winners will be announced for the following contests: Four five-packs of Herrera Esteli & a Cigar Safari — here. Preproduction Papas Fritas, two tins of Papas Fritas, bundle of Ratzillas & “MIxed Mystery Bag from JD” — here. Cain Dayton NUb 460 & STUDIO TOBAC Corona Gorda — [...]

News: Pinar Del Rio Adds to IPCPR Release List

Pinar Del Rio has added to a growing list of cigars making their debut at the IPCPR convention and trade show in August. Ekert Cordon, National Sales Director, confirmed that the PDR Reserva Superior is going to get “an extremely limited release” in a 6 x 66 Salomon size. Production numbers and packaging haven’t been [...]

Weekly News (April 23, 2012)

Editor’s Note: This week we added a new sponsor, Defeat Prop 29. For those of you that don’t know, Prop 29 is a ballot measure in California that would raise the taxes on cigars from its current 31.73% to 54.89% of the wholesale prices. Prop 29 goes to vote on June 5, 2012 and you [...]

News: Herrera Cigars to Launch Biography

Herrera Cigars, the parent of Frank Herrera’s La Caridad del Cobre, is set to launch its first cigar under the new company, Biography. Made at Abe Flores and Juan Rodriguez’s new PDR Cigars factory in the Dominican Republic, Biography will launch in three sizes: 6 x 60, Robusto and Toro. There is still no word [...]

Redux: La Caridad del Cobre Javelin Maduro

Last year, after the conclusion of Lancero50, I reviewed a prerelease version of the newest La Caridad del Cobre, the Javelin Maduro. The Javelin was unlike the fifty Lanceros that I had reviewed from April to May, most notably in shape. Here’s how I described the cigar last year: A few months ago I made [...]

Weekly News (March 5, 2012)

Editor’s Note: This is the one week of year where Cuba is allowed to dominate cigar news with no apologies. The XIV Festival del Habano took place last week and dominated the discourse of cigar news. There weren’t any major surprises, but there was quite a bit of news. March is quietly one of the [...]

Weekly News (January 30, 2012)

Editor’s Note: And it was supposed to be a slow week in the cigar world. What seemed destined to be a rather quiet week turned into the busiest of the year. Familiar readers of the weekly news will see that it is back to somewhat of a familiar form. Cabaiguan WCD 120 REDUX — The [...]

News: La Caridad del Cobre Parent Rebrands as Herrera Cigars

Frank Herrera, owner of La Caridad del Cobre and CigarLaw.com, has rebranded his parent company as Herrera Cigars. Herrera explained the move was largely about making the brand easier to remember and pronounce. La Caridad del Cobre, the brand named after Cuba’s patron saint, will remain, but Frank believes the change in name will help to [...]

Weekly News (January 16, 2012)

Editor’s Note: So those eighteen posts were what could be described as the first normal week at halfwheel. I am happy to announced that we have added Patrick Lagreid to the halfwheel team. All of us are pleased to have Patrick here and we think he is going to be a perfect fit for what we are [...]

Weekly News (October 3, 2011)

Editor’s Note: The biggest news of the week was the Friday announcement from the attorneys for Pepín García indicating the legal matter of El Rey de los Habanos had been settled. Our original story contained an error referring to the separate matter of Tabacalera Cubanas as “lawsuit” instead of “dissolution.” (To be clear both companies [...]