Miscellaneous

Due to scheduling conflicts, there won’t be halfwheel’s typical, live booth-by-booth coverage of the PCA Convention & Trade Show.

It’s an annual tradition. Every year, ahead of the annual PCA Convention & Trade Show, Brooks Whittington and I sit down and talk about 10…

If you’d like to know what it’s like to be an American visiting Cuba for the country’s annual Festival del Habano, i.e. the Cuban cigar festival, there aren’t too many people with more experience than Nick Syris, co-host of Simply Stogies, and our own Brooks Whittington.

PCA 2024 begins in one week and a day.

The Gala Dinner—including the Village People!—and some parting thoughts from yours truly.

Eight lots sold for €17.8 million ($19.3 million), shattering the previous record of €11.2 million in auction sales set last year. As expected, a Cohiba humidor was the top lot, setting a record of its own at €4.5 million.

For the first time ever, festival attendees were invited to roll cigars inside of a Cuban cigar factory. Yes, even at El Laguito, the home of Cohiba.

The midpoint day of the Festival included Master Lectures, cigar pairings and a formal, sit-down dinner dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Quai d’Orsay brand.

If you are searching for photographs of tobacco plants in fields, look no further.

My first full day in Cuba covering the Festival del Habano XXIV.

The unofficial start to the 24th Habanos Festival.