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Redux: Liga Privada Único Serie Papas Fritas

The Papas Fritas was one of the largest releases last year for the cigar market: a cheaper Liga Privada, a more accessible Liga Privada and an expensive mixed filler cigar. There are few cigars that I think we at halfwheel were asked about more last year, and I think with reason. There’s also, to this [...]

Review: Liga Privada Único Serie UF-13 Dark (Prerelease)

It’s been a long wait, but Drew Estate is finally ready for the national release of perhaps its most anticipated Liga Privada ever, the UF-13 Dark. Way back in early 2011, I smoked the first of what would end up being quite a few reiterations of a blend that Liga Privada was working on, dubbed [...]

News: Liga Privada UF-13 Dark Slated for Late March

The details for Drew Estate’s highly-anticipated Liga Privada Único Serie UF-13 Dark are now finalized. As we noted last September, the UF-13, a stronger Liga Privada previously reserved for events and other special purposes, is on track for a release this spring.  While the cigar itself hasn’t changed since that article, the name now reads, [...]

Weekly News (January 7, 2013)

Editor’s note: It only took one correction with the year. We launched some big things yesterday: [The Newsletter] & The halfwheel 25. The Consensus tomorrow. Before: Ten Questions for 2013 and the Packaging Top 10. Edgar Hoill Cigars Launch From Fabricas Unidas — Details here.  Pete Johnson Shows Off 10th Anniversary Tatuaje Black Label Corona [...]

News: Liga Privada UF-13 Appears at Cigar.com

A small amount of prerelease versions of the Liga Privada Único Serie UF-13s have appeared on the market via Pennsylvania catalog retailer Cigar.com. The cigars were originally slated for the 2012 Cigar.com Gala, a charity event originally scheduled for September, but cancelled due to venue issues. The 2,000 cigars Drew Estate provided for the event [...]

Review: Liga Privada Único Serie Velvet Rat

On October 19, 2012 Drew Estate held a special event at TESA Cigar Co. to sell Drew Estate’s newest Liga Privada for the first time, the Velvet Rat. Just 40 bundles of 10 cigars were offered as part of the “soft launch” with a full release expected mid-2013.  We covered the news a few weeks [...]

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: Liga Privada Único Serie Velvet Rat Slated for October Chicago Debut

Drew Estate’s next Liga Privada will debut in just over one week at an event at TESA Cigar Co. in Chicago, IL. On October 19, the long-time Drew Estate supporter will be the first retailer to receive the Liga Privada Único Serie Velvet Rat, the third play on the company’s original Único Serie release, the [...]

Weekly News (September 24, 2012)

Editor’s Note: Much of the discussion from the earlier portion of the week was dominated by Dr. Paul Garmirian and comments he made to The Daily Caller. And then came this retraction. Most interesting, “I should have never mentioned other manufacturers (even off the record).” Liga Privada UF-13 Scheduled for 2013 — Story here. Four Kicks [...]

News: Liga Privada Único Serie UF-13 Release Scheduled for 2013

Drew Estate will be releasing the Liga Privada UF-13 in the Spring of 2013 according to CEO Steve Saka. The prototype is one of many that the company has been handing out over the course of the last two years and now joins the Dirty Rat, L40, UF-4, Ratzilla and Papas Fritas in the Único [...]