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Brooks Whittington

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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.

Portraits: Eladio Diaz

My favorite people in the cigar business are the ones you don’t know about. For many, Eladio Diaz is just that. Prior to Davidoff’s Oro…

Tatuaje Drinking Age

Last year,  Anthony’s Cigar Emporium released two exclusive cigars for its 20th anniversary: the 6 1/4 x 60 La Flor Dominicana Anthony’s Cigar Emporium 20th Anniversary and the…

AVO Classic Covers 2015 Limited Edition

Since 2001, the AVO brand has released a specific limited edition cigar to celebrate its namesake’s birthday on March 22, and over the years, that…

Inca Secret Blend Tambo

Originally launched in 2012 by Mitchell Orchant, the managing director of C. Gars Ltd in the U.K., Inka Secret Blend Cigars are Peruvian puros that are…

Screwpop Cigar Cutter

Almost one year ago to the day, Screwpop Tools announced it would be releasing a new cigar cutter to go with its already existing Cigar…

Crux Classic Corona Gorda Heads to Elite Cigar Cafe

Crux Cigars will be releasing its first exclusive at an event in Texas this weekend. The new release is a 5 3/4 x 46 corona…

Ramón Allones Super Ramon (ER Canada 2011)

In 2011, Habanos S.A.’s Edición Regional program was in full swing, and seemed to only be gaining steam. One of the releases for that year was…

Epic Maduro Reserva Lancero Coming In June

Epic Cigars will be adding a new vitola to its Maduro Reserva line. The 7 1/4 x 40 lancero features the same Brazilian Ariparaca wrapper covering…

Portraits: George Rico

There’s been the world’s largest cigar, a factory in Miami, controversy over guns and children on a box and a lot of other cigars in between….

La Colmena Reina

After being announced back in January, Warped Cigars shipped the fifth cigar in the La Colmena line exclusively to Orange, Calif.-based retailer Maxamar Ultimate Cigars…

Dunstable Cigars Debuts

There’s a new cigar brand on the market, this time coming from New Hampshire. Dunstable Cigar Co. has released its first cigar, the Dunstable Cervantes, a…