halfwheel

Review: My Father Pipe

At the 2010 IPCPR show in New Orleans, there were two special cigars in the My Father booth: the My Father Limited Edition 2010 and the My Father Baseball Bats. Turns out, both would ship to retailers in limited quantities later at different points later in the year, the latter being a surprise to many. [...]

Review: My Father Baseball Bat

In August of 2010 at the IPCPR show in Las Vegas, My Father Cigars showed off some very interesting cigars said to be rolled in part by José “Don Pepín” García himself. Most interesting was the My Father Baseball Bat, rolled to look like a baseball bat. Here’s a picture of the Baseball Bats on [...]

Redux: Illusione ~Síngulare 2010~ Phantom

The Illusione ~Síngulare 2010~ Phantom is a 6 × 50 Nicaraguan puro rolled at the Raíces Cubanas factory in Honduras that was limited to 1,000 boxes of 15 back in 2010. There was supposed to be a limited edition released every year, but backorders in tobacco delayed the 2011 version. However, for 2012, the LE project [...]

Redux: My Father Limited Edition 2010

At the 2010 IPCPR show, My Father Cigars S.A. showed off a few cigars, but the star of the show was the My Father Limited Edition 2010, which was guarded behind velvet rope. Later that year, the company owned by the family of Don José “Pepín” García released 2,000 individually numbered boxes of 12 cigars, [...]

Review: J. Fuego Origen Lancero

The J. Fuego Origen line was something few knew about until last year’s IPCPR. Part of that no doubt has to do with the fact that the line wasn’t really a regular production line until last August. Okay, maybe most of it has to do with that fact. However, the introduction of the Originals last [...]

Review: Cusano 15th Anniversary Lancero

It’s another one of these attempts to find a cigar that many never knew existed. I think from that aspect, the Cusano 15th is probably a great candidate. One size, a small company and little info. It came at the end of Dom Rey’s independence, partially helping the relative quiet nature of this — so [...]

Review: Guillermo León Robusto (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… During the IPCPR Trade Show in New Orleans last year, La Aurora released a brand new line of cigars, named after the President of the company, Guillermo León…In fact, he had this to say about the release: “Obviously, this cigar is personal for me. It is part of [...]

State of the Brand: My Father Cigars

For the mean time, I guess we can make this a weekly segment? While Raíces Cubanas is arguably (at least for me), the hottest factory of 2010; no one was more influental in the past decade than José García (Don Pepín.) Still, for the most part kept, news from the company is limited, a sharp [...]

News: Tatuaje Launches “The Face”

Today was the day… the all-new Tatuaje website launched as well as the official announcement for the newest addition to the “Monster” Series, “The Face” launched. In total, 21,658 cigars will be available for purchase divided up between 666 Dress Boxes containing 13 cigars and 1,300 plain boxes containing 10 cigars. The dress boxes will [...]

Press Release: New Toraño Family Cigar Brands Hit the Shelves

The Toraño Family Cigar Company is excited to inform you that the family’s new cigar brands, “Single Region” and “Master by Carlos Torano” are hitting the store shelves this October. After much anticipation by both consumers and the trade, no one is more excited than the Toraño family to finally make these cigars available at [...]