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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.

Les Fines Lames Shipping 14 Le Tag T100 Options in May

There will be eight different gold models and six silver designs.

Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Brings Back Sobremesa Brûlée Wagashi as a National Release

Same size, same blend and same price as last year’s version, but the newest incarnation will be available nationwide next month.

Micallef Blue Shipping on March 25

The new release is a follow-up to last year’s Micallef Black line. It’s a different blend, but offered in the same two sizes as the Micallef Black.

Don Doroteo El Alcalde Debuting at PCA 2024

The El Alcalde cigars were aged for more than 15 years at the La Aurora Cigar Factory in Santiago, Dominican Republic, after being rolled in 2008

United Cigars Schedules La Gianna Havana 30th Anniversary For PCA 2024

The cigar wrapper’s barber pole design is made by combining an Ecuadorian Connecticut leaf and a Mexican San Andres leaf.

Dapper “As F$$K” Sampler Arrives at Secreto Cigar Bar Exclusive

The sampler includes a pre-release of Dapper’s upcoming new line named El Borracho Crudo.

Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Adding Umbagog Bronzeback at PCA 2024

The new cigar was created as an homage to the Henry Clay cigars from the 1980s and 1990s. 

Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Announces #GFY Lancero Collection for Fall

The sampler includes both a rerelease of Dunbarton’s Muestra de Saka #NLMTHA and a first-for-the-company candela-wrapped lancero.

Weekly News (March 11, 2024)

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