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Weekly News (December 24, 2012)

Editor’s Note: Winner, winner, chicken dinner. Enjoy the holidays. Arturo Fuente Ships Un-Named Reserva 2012 — Story here. Two Lanceros Planned for Nestor Miranda’s 70th Birthday — Details here. L’Atelier Adds LAT 46 SS — Details here. La Gloria Cubana Sanson Heads to the Southeast — Story here. XIKAR Adds New Executive II Options — [...]

News: XIKAR Adds Two New Looks to Executive II Lighter

XIKAR announced the addition of two new finishes in their Executive II lighter collection on Friday: pearl and G2, a gunmetal-on-gunmetal finish. The company had announced that they would be releasing a new and improved Executive II lighter prior to the 2012 IPCPR convention and trade show. The ignition components were updated and the fuel window, flame [...]

Weekly News (December 10, 2012)

Editor’s Note: Thanks to all those who made it to the halfwheel Holiday Party Pt. 1 at Tobacco Grove this past weekend. It was lots of fun and we found out that Brooks and I should probably remain in Dallas, where it only snows once a year. Details on Pt. 2, which will be on [...]

News: XIKAR Discontinuing, Recalling Plunge Lighters

XIKAR is discontinuing and recalling their Plunge lighter due to a concern about a mechanical defect that may show up after years of use and prevent the lighter from fully extinguishing when the lid is closed. Chris Geisert, VP of Marketing for XIKAR, sent out an e-mail to customers late Wednesday afternoon making the announcement [...]

Weekly News (November 26, 2012)

Editor’s Note: Slow week on halfwheel, blame turkey, family and illness. In the mean time, our holiday contest has been announced, it’s big and might even tempt me to use Facebook. December is around the corner, that means cigar of the year season begins. Lots of fun. La Flor Dominicana Mean Digger — Details here. [...]

Review: XIKAR HC Series Habano² Robusto (Prerelease)

The XIKAR HC Series has an interesting history, dating all the way back to 2007 and XIKAR’s entry into the cigar market with the Defiance, which debuted at the 2007 RTDA trade show in Houston. Despite the fact that the cigar received some critical acclaim, the name didn’t resonate with consumers and in May 2009 [...]

Weekly News (July 30, 2012)

Editor’s Note: It’s the last Weekly News before IPCPR 2012 and it’s a busy one. The halfwheel guide to IPCPR will debut Wednesday morning and our IPCPR coverage continue all throughout the week. There will be plenty more tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday—as there is shockingly, a lot more to announce. In addition to visiting halfwheel, [...]

News: Habano² & Accessories Coming From Xikar at IPCPR

On the cigar side, XIKAR will release a new line called the Habano², or Habano-Squared. The cigar is described as medium to full bodied and uses Sumatran, Nicaraguan and Honduran tobacco that is wrapped in a Habano 2000 wrapper. The flavor notes are said to include roasted almonds, hints of spices, wood and nutmeg. The cigar [...]

Press Release: XIKAR Introduces the New HC Habano² Cigar

July 22, 2012 (Kansas City, MO) – XIKAR, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of cigar accessories and distributor of HC Series premium cigars is proud to announce the arrival of the new HC Habano2 (Habano-Squared),an addition to their HC Series line of cigars. Following the success of HC Series line, XIKAR introduces a new blend that [...]

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 [...]