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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.

IPCPR 2017: Crossfire Cigars

Crossfire Cigars had no new product for this year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show. Instead, the company decided to concentrate on its already existing core brands as well…

IPCPR 2017: Blanco Cigar Co.

Unlike a number of cigar companies, David Blanco of Blanco Cigar Co. came stocked with new blends to show off. While one of those was a bundle cigar available…

IPCPR 2017: Joya de Nicaragua

The Joya de Nicaragua brand debuted in 1968—it was orgiainlhy named the Nicaragua Cigar Co.—and was the country’s first cigar manufacturer. A lot has changed since…

IPCPR 2017: Felipe Gregorio

Founded in 1990 by owner Philip Wynne, Felipe Gregorio Cigars is based in the Dominican Republic. While the booth for the 2017 IPCPR Convention & Trade…

IPCPR 2017: Visol Products

Plano, Texas-based Visol Products always brings a plethora of new products to the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, and this year was no different. In…

IPCPR 2017: Casa Turrent

While last year was all about honoring his family’s history by releasing two new lines in the Serie 1942 and Serie 1973, Alejandro Turrent was…

IPCPR 2017: Padilla Cigar Co.

Padilla Cigar Co. is always a good time at the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, and this year was no different. In addition to the much…

IPCPR 2017: Foundation Cigar Co.

This was the third year for Nicholas Melillo’s Foundation Cigar Co. at the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, and the company had a couple of new…

IPCPR 2017: Jeremy Jack Cigars

Another new company at this year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Jeremy Jack Cigars is a project from Wyoming-based retailer Brady Hayek. The brand is debuting five different lines, all…

IPCPR 2017: E.P. Carrillo

After introducing 10 new lines and discontinuing four others at last year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, E.P. Carrillo is keeping it a bit more low key…

IPCPR 2017: Dominion Cigar Inc.

Dominion Cigar Inc. launched two new blends at the 2017 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show: one for the U.S. market and one that is being sold…