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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.

IPCPR 2017: La Palina

While there were not as many new lines introduced by La Palina this year compared to last year, the company debut two new brands that…

IPCPR 2017: Crux Cigars

Crux Cigars made a splash in 2014 when it showed off its first five lines all at the same time: Bull & Bear, Classic, Ninfamaniac, Passport…

IPCPR 2017: Villiger Cigars North America

Villiger’s new release for the 2017 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show is one that the company has released before. In fact, the La Flor de Ynclan…

IPCPR 2017: Plasencia 1865

Long known for the cigars they have made for other people, Nestor Andrés Plasencia and his father formed a distribution company named Placencia 1865 together in 2016….

IPCPR 2017: Day 2 Recap

As we walk around the show floor at the 2017 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, we all hear and see interesting things that may not…

IPCPR 2017: Fratello

While the Fratello booth is the same as last year’s, there was one major change in the company; owner Omar de Frias left his job at…

IPCPR 2017: Marrero Cigar Co.

This was Marrero Cigar Co.’s first IPCPR, and the Costa Rican company decided to debut two new cigars for the show. Both cigars are line extensions for existing…

IPCPR 2017: What’s In My Bag — Brooks Whittington

Once again, it is time for What’s In My Bag, Brooks Whittington Edition. Quite a number of these items might look a bit familiar, it…

IPCPR 2017: Cornelius & Anthony

While its booth was the same as last year’s, Cornelius & Anthony was showing off two brand new lines as well as a line extension to one…

IPCPR 2017: MBombay

The MBombay booth is 100 percent bigger this year, but the company had only one new product for IPCPR 2017.That product is an addition to…

IPCPR 2017: Serino Cigar Co.

Sporting a new expanded booth this year, Serino Cigar Co. had just one new release for this year’s show. The company is owned by the…