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I have been smoking cigars for over eight years. A documentary wedding photographer by trade, I spent seven years as a photojournalist for the Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star Telegram. I started the cigar blog SmokingStogie in 2008 after realizing that there was a need for a cigar blog with better photographs and more in-depth information about each release. SmokingStogie quickly became one of the more influential cigar blogs on the internet, known for reviewing preproduction, prerelease, rare, extremely hard-to-find and expensive cigars. I am a co-founder of halfwheel and now serve as an editor for halfwheel.

PCA 2024: Day 0 Recap

It is going to be a very hectic three days.

Quality Importers Adding Palió Tazza Piccola Ashtray at PCA 2024

The new all-metal ashtray comes with four cigar rests built into the rim, each of which will hold up to a 70-ring gauge cigar.

Wildfire Releasing B-Sides & The Hook at PCA 2024

B-Sides is made at Fábrica de Tabacos Joya de Nicaragua S.A. while The Hook is being made at Fábrica Centroamericana de Tabaco S.A. in Danlí, Honduras.

Artesano Del Tobacco Adding Viva La Vida 5th Anniversary at PCA 2024

The Viva La Vida 5th Anniversary keeps the same core blend as the regular Viva La Vida but replaces the wrapper with a Connecticut habano maduro leaf.

United Cigars Debuting Connecticut Line at PCA 2024

The blend incorporates an Ecuadorian Connecticut-seed shade-grown wrapper covering a Dominican binder and filler tobaccos grown in the Dominican Republic, including Dominican broadleaf.

Les Fines Lames Shipping 14 Le Tag T100 Options in May

There will be eight different gold models and six silver designs.

Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Brings Back Sobremesa Brûlée Wagashi as a National Release

Same size, same blend and same price as last year’s version, but the newest incarnation will be available nationwide next month.

Micallef Blue Shipping on March 25

The new release is a follow-up to last year’s Micallef Black line. It’s a different blend, but offered in the same two sizes as the Micallef Black.