Editor’s Note: As you know, Brooks and I were amongst many bloggers invited down to Drew Estate a few weeks ago. Both Brooks and I brought our cameras, he used his (fortunately) and I didn’t, again, fortunately. On a personal note, there are very few halfwheel posts I actually have anticipation towards seeing, this is one of them.
View from Cigar Safari.
Tobacco at La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate.
The Virgin.
A Drew Estate worker.
The gallery at La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate.
Famous Cigar Safari pool.
The famous mural is set to be taken down later this year.
Mural from Cigar Safari.
Workers in the hallway at La Gran Fabrica.
The bodega inside La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate.
Storage in La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate.
A bunchero lighting a cigar on the floor of La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate.
Of cigarphoto.net.
Mario Takeyama of Cigar Explorer.
Dan Reeve, Cigar Explorer.
A house on Lake Managua.
One of the many islands in Lake Nicaragua.
Charlie smoking prototypes on the bus ride to Estelí.
Jonathan Drew burning tobacco during a blending session.
Jonathan Drew showing off tobacco.
Capa #2.
Drew Estate Eggs.
It rains a lot in Estelí.
Medusa.
Liga Privada No. 9 Double Corona fresh sans wrapper. A favorite of Charlie’s.
Liga Privada No. 9 Boxes.
Liga Privada Ünico Serie bundles, to be sold at Casa de Montecristo.
Ratzilla bundles.
Brian Hewitt of Stogie Review.
Cigar Safari chairs.
Cigar Safari tobacco man.
Cigar Safari cigars.
Cigar Safari stairs.
Flying Pig window.
halfwheels. Get it?
Inspection.
Subculture Studios.
José Blanco’s blending seminar.
A hand of tobacco at My Father Cigars S.A.
Undercrown window.
Pilones.
I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.