This year General Cigar Co.’s Macanudo brand celebrates its 50th anniversary. Typically, the approach to the celebration would be a high-priced limited edition release to…

For the first time ever, a Crowned Heads cigar will be made by Drew Estate; but you are going to have to get it in…

Island Lifestyle Importers has announced that its latest release, the Island Club, is shipping nationwide. The Island Club uses an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper over a…

La Flor Dominicana has a new German and Dutch distributor. Royal Agio Cigars—makes of Balmoral, Panter, Mehari’s and other brands—will now distribute La Flor Dominicana…

Later this week, the international cigar industry will gather in Dortmund, Germany and while there, Oliva will show off two European exclusives. One is the…

In advance of a new installment of The Terminator movie franchise, Rick Hutchings of HutcH Studio is paying tribute the central character played by Arnold…

One of the questions I’m frequently asked about cigars has more to do with travel than tobacco. Inevitably, a cigar-smoking friend or colleague will head…

At this week’s Intertabac Trade Fair in Dortmund, Germany, Maya Selva Cigars will show off its Limited Edition Year of the Pig. As the name…

The halfwheel staff sends its condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Ronald F. W. Fox, who passed away recently. Mr. Fox was the…

Ask a tobacco grower whether the job is art or science, and you’ll likely hear that it’s both. It’s more a matter of knowing when…

Arsenio Ramos, the longtime blender for AGANORSA and its associated Casa Fernández and Tabacos Valle de Jalapa S.A. (TABSA) entities, has died. Like many, Ramos’…