Weekly News (October 29, 2012)

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Editor’s Note: halfwheel got a new feature, read about it here. Viaje Skull and Bones M?stery, V.O.R. #5 and V.P.R. #6 Arrive In Stores — Story here. Room101 OSOK 212 at Cigar Inn — And more details on the future of OSOK and Edgar Hoill here. Viaje Slates DES II For IPCPR 2013 — Story [...]

News: Room101 OSOK Returns As Store Exclusive

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Cigar Inn in New York City has taken delivery of the Room101 OSOK 212, a store exclusive re-issue of a cigar that made its debut in January 2012. It is being made available in four sizes: Room101 OSOK 212 Chingonazo  (6 x 60) Room101 OSOK 212 Pedaso  (6 1/2 x 54) Chingon  (8 x 44 x [...]

Weekly News (January 30, 2012)

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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 [...]

Weekly News (January 16, 2012)

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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 [...]

Review: Room 101 OSOK Filero (Prerelease)

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For those of you that don’t know… Sometime around August of 2011, word started spreading about a new cigar that Matt Booth of Room 101 Cigars was giving away at events on his Cigarmageddon Tour. Dubbed OSOK, which stands for One Shot One Kill. Very little is known about the cigar blend-wise and until now, [...]

Weekly News (December 5, 2011)

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Editor’s Note: December has arrived, and it is quite obvious. There’s not a whole lot of public news, but projects are beginning to come together for the upcoming year. There’s not a tremendous amount of news, and I suspect that will continue through early next year. A few things ship this week and next week [...]

Weekly News (October 10, 2011)

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Editor’s Note: Rest in peace Steve. Here’s to the Crazy Ones. — el niño diablo. Viaje Skull and Bones “?” — These will be out this month, glow-in-the-dark and white bands. Viaje Exclusivo Lancero — Details are here. Farkas indicated that the hold-up for the Trifecta humidor was because one of the product wasn’t ready. [...]

Weekly News (October 3, 2011)

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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 [...]

Weekly News (August 15, 2011)

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Editor’s Note: We’re back. First, the server issue has been resolved and we are back up. This week I promise to actually fix the 2011 list and get a review up from both Charlie Stahl and myself. In other news, I’m back from Nicaragua. I’d like to thank Dr. Alejandro Martínez Cuenca of Joya de [...]