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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: 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…

IPCPR 2015: Espinosa Cigars

Along with the news that it has begun distributing D’Crosser cigars, for this year’s IPCPR Espinosa Cigars is introducing some new cigars as well as…

IPCPR 2015: Crux Cigars

After releasing five different lines in its first year, Crux Cigars is following up with three new releases at the 2015 IPCPR Convention & Trade…

Catelli Adding Maduro Line at IPCPR 2015

Catelli Cigar Co. is adding a third blend to its lineup. The new regular release blend is the Modella Maduro, a line composed of a…

Cubanacan Adding Toro Vitola to Mederos Lines

Cubanacan Cigars is celebrating its 10th year of doing business in the United States the best way it knows how: by releasing a new vitola….

Crux Announces Limitada PB5 For IPCPR 2015

Just one week after announcing the five viola Guild and the three vitola du Connoisseur releases, Crux Cigars has released details on its final new…