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Weekly News (June 18, 2012)

Editor’s Note: It will be a busy week at halfwheel and likely busy up until the trade show. I’m not sure if it’s entirely necessary. There’s a chicken and egg problem regarding new releases that runs rampant through the industry. There’s not enough space in most retail humidors because of a flood of new releases, [...]

Weekly News (April 30, 2012)

Editor’s Note: The big news of the week? The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a FY13 bill that included language that would encourage the FDA to take authority of all tobacco products, including cigars. The full story is here and overshadows what was otherwise a rather successful week in terms of cigar rights and a slow [...]

News: Padrón to Add 6 x 60 No. 4 to 1964 Anniversary Series

Padrón has confirmed that a 6″ x 60 size in the 1964 Anniversary Series is being made and will be known as the Patriarch. (Update: Padrón changed the name from Patriarch to No. 4 due to Perdomo’s existing Patriarch brand.) The extension first made its debut last year as part of Smoke Inn’s 15th anniversary celebrations in the [...]

News: W. Curtis Draper Celebrates 125th Anniversary With Four New Limited Release Cigars

W. Curtis Draper in Washington, DC will mark their 125th anniversary this year and will be releasing four limited edition cigars made by some of industry’s biggest names as part of a year long celebration. The first release comes from Pete Johnson of Tatuaje, who will be producing a special Cabaiguan that is “reminiscent of [...]

The Consensus: 2011 Awards

For the 2010 rendition of this concept, click here to see Brian Hewitt’s work. Before anyone starts, I started this long before Bill Berris posted his rendition of this a few days at Cigar Snapshot. (Bill’s serves as a interesting sample of this, although there are noticeable differences beyond population size.) The concept was simple, [...]

Weekly News (December 19, 2011)

Editor’s Note: Apologies for what is the second time in a year and half the news is late. It’s not a great news week as nearly every company has shut down. Lots of new stuff for 2012 coming, but lots of stuff still to workout. Anyways, after the jump, a far less exciting rendition of [...]

Review: Padrón Family Reserve No. 85 Maduro

For those of you that don’t know… The newest cigar from Jorge Padrón, officially named the Padrón Family Reserve No. 85 Maduro, was released to retailers last week. The 85th is the newest in a line of Family Reserve cigars that goes back to 2007, when the first was released. The number in the name is (usually) meant [...]

Weekly News (October 10, 2011)

Editor’s Note: Rest in peace Steve. Here’s to the Crazy Ones. — el niño diablo. Viaje Skull and Bones “?” — These will be out this month, glow-in-the-dark and white bands. Viaje Exclusivo Lancero — Details are here. Farkas indicated that the hold-up for the Trifecta humidor was because one of the product wasn’t ready. [...]

Weekly News (October 3, 2011)

Editor’s Note: The biggest news of the week was the Friday announcement from the attorneys for Pepín García indicating the legal matter of El Rey de los Habanos had been settled. Our original story contained an error referring to the separate matter of Tabacalera Cubanas as “lawsuit” instead of “dissolution.” (To be clear both companies [...]

Weekly News (September 12, 2011)

Editor’s Note: And we shall call this, the one where everything has been delayed. After the jump is news on four major releases that have all been pushed back for a variety of reasons. Three of them have been pushed back to the month of October, which by all accounts will be the biggest month [...]