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Brooks Whittington

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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.

Plasencia Alma del Campo Madroño

For decades, the Plasencia family has produced cigars for a large number of different manufacturers out of its factories in Honduras and Nicaragua, including Rocky Patel…

Don Pepin Garcia Original Maduro

A little more than three years ago, My Father Cigars, Inc. released a new version of its Blue Label blend, which carries that name due to…

Saga Short Tales: Tomo 5 L.A.V.

During the 2017 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, De Los Reyes Cigars showed off three new violas in its Saga Short Tales Series, which will eventually be…

Edition One Cloud Hopper No. 53

Tucked away inside the Warped Cigars booth during the 2017 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show was a brand new line started by owner Kyle Gellis…

Highclere Castle Toro (Prerelease)

Tucked into the Foundation Cigar Co.’s booth during the 2017 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show was a unique project that brought together Foundation owner Nicholas…

Partagas 1845 Extra Fuerte Robusto

In 2014, General Cigar Co. debuted a new line named Partagas 1845 Extra Fuerte that was available in four different sizes and incorporated an Ecuadorian habano…

Macanudo Mao No. 10

Macanudo is one of General Cigar Co.’s best selling brands, so it is a pretty big deal when a new line is released. One such…

HVC La Rosa 520 Encantos

In 2015, HVC Cigars released the first what would be come a line of new cigars named after the address in Havana, Cuba where founder Reinier…

Oliva Gilberto Reserva Blanc Corona

Last year, Oliva announced it would be releasing a new line—its first since 2012—using the same moniker as one of the family’s ancestors, Facundo Oliva. Appropriately…

La Aurora ADN Dominicano Robusto

During this year’s Procigar, La Aurora showed off a brand new line named ADN Dominicano, which translates into Dominican DNA from Spanish. While the majority of…

Jeremy Jack Libelula

At the 2017 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, a new brand named Jeremy Jack Cigars debuted five different lines, all of which are the brainchild…