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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 2015: Swinger Cigars

Swinger Cigars is literally all over the show. The company has branded golf carts driving around the show picking them up to take people to its booth….

IPCPR 2015: MoyaRuiz Cigars

At the 2015 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, MoyaRuiz Cigars showed off two new blends that were announced earlier this year. The Rake The first new release is…

IPCPR 2015: Debonaire Cigars

The 2015 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show was a big one for Debonaire Cigars, as the company officially unveiled its new Indian Motorcycle line of cigars…

IPCPR 2015: Kuuts

For Kuuts the 2015 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show brought the release of two new cigars. Miró Capa Negra The first new release was actually…

IPCPR 2015: Dissident Cigars

The spray painted background was gone, but Dissident Cigars added a huge robot to its booth, along with two new cigars. The first is an…

IPCPR 2015: Cabal Cigars

Although the booth was largely the same as last year, the cigar that Cabal Cigars was officially showing off for this year’s show was quite…

IPCPR 2015: MBombay Cigars

MBombay Cigars was showing off two new products at its IPCPR booth this year. The first is the new MBombay Habano blend, which incorporates an Ecuadorian…

IPCPR 2015: What’s In My Bag — Brooks Whittington Edition

As you probably know by now, we are each writing a little about what we are carrying around in our bags as we cover the…

IPCPR 2015: La Sirena

La Sirena Cigars was showing off its newest release, the Porthole by La Sirena, which is made up of three cigars in two different blends, all of…

IPCPR 2015: Day 1 Recap

Day 1 of the 2015 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show is in the bag, and here are some things I heard on the floor while walking…

IPCPR 2015: D’Crossier Cigars

After the news that they are now being distributed by Espinosa Cigars, D’Crossier Cigars also has some new releases coming out, all of which are still being…