News: Gran Habano Expands Gran Reserva Line

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Gran Habano has added two new cigars to their Gran Reserva line: the Gran Reserva #3 2009 and Gran Reserva #5 2010, both of which have arrived at retail. The Gran Habano Gran Reserva #3 2009 is available in three sizes: Churchill (6 7/8 x 50) – $7.03 (Boxes of 20, $140.50) Gran Robusto (6 [...]

News: Gran Habano Barracuda Adds Corona Gorda

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The Gran Habano S.T.K. Barracuda will be adding a retailer-exclusive size later this year – a 5 5/8 x 46 Corona Gorda made for Tim Podwika’s PodmanCigars.com. Podwika said that he was sitting with George Rico of Gran Habano at the company’s recently-opened factory on Calle Ocho in Miami and he brought up the idea [...]

Review: Gran Habano S.T.K. Miami Barracuda

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Last year, Gran Habano announced a new project, S.T.K. Miami, a new series of special lines made at Gran Habanos new Miami factory. The projects are intended to be small batch in nature using limited tobaccos. The first two S.T.K. releases were announced and released last year: Opium and Zulu Zulu. Earlier this year, Abe [...]

Weekly News (April 9, 2012)

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Editor’s Note: Quietly, it became a busy week. I believe halfwheel is back on track, apologies for the delays. La Aurora 100 Años W. Curtis Draper 125th Anniversary — Details here. Casa Magna Colorado Gigantores — Details on the single store release here. Rocky Patel The Edge Candela — Details here. Gran Habano S.T.K. Miami [...]

News: Gran Habano Announces S.T.K. Miami Barracuda

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Gran Habano’s new S.T.K. Miami Barracuda is set to launch at Tamura’s Fine Wine and Liquor on April 7, 2012. The Barracuda was first shown off last month, as the latest of Gran Habano’s limited release to come out of their new Miami factory, G.R. Tabacaleras Co. Only 100 boxes of 20 Robustos (5 x 50) [...]

Weekly News (March 12, 2012)

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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 [...]

Weekly News (February 6, 2012)

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Editor’s Note: This one is pretty simple. There are some technical issues plaguing the site currently. We know of two somewhat major issues. First and foremost, commenting from a computer seems to not be working, although commenting from mobile devices seems to be working fine. We are trying to resolve this issue and think we [...]

Weekly News (January 22, 2012)

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Editor’s Note: It was the week of price increases. Rising energy cost and a new standard of living increase in Nicaragua were the blame for the majority of the price increases announced this past week. While no increase was that drastic, the common theme might seem a bit alarming. Anyone that thinks this will be [...]

Press Release: Gran Habano Cigars Goes to Miami

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      We’re Going to Miami January 23, 2012 (Miami, FL) — The Gran Habano – G.R. Tabacaleras Co. cigar factory located on “Calle Ocho”, 8th street, in the Little Havana district of Miami is completed and ready to roll. Focusing on the highest standard for the cigar community the factory will employ 10 [...]

Weekly News (June 27, 2011)

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Busy week, slow week, busy week, slow week. Or at least that’s how I’d like to think of it. The reality is the weeks keep getting busier as we now sit (less than) three weeks out from the IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas. Companies are beginning to announce the last of their show plans, [...]