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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.

A Visit to Cigars Davidoff (Cidav)

It’s been a while since Brooks Whittington and I were left unattended on the rolling floor of Cigars Davidoff, but today is the third—and yet…

Viaje Señor Andre’s Chicharrones Original

Last month, Viaje Cigars announced two brand new lines, each of which started shipping to retailers on March 16: Señor Andre’s Chicharrones and the Viaje…

Room101 El Mas Chingon EMC #1

On April 2, Room101 released a retailer exclusive blend for Pennsylvania-based Famous Smoke Shop, a new line named El Mas Chingon, which roughly translates to…

Vertigo Victory V-Cutter

Billed as a “value” cutter line “targeted to budget minded consumers”, the Vertigo Victory V-Cutter is a standard v-cutter that is made of plastic for…

Yellow Rose

Following the release of both the Tennessee-exclusive Tennessee Waltz and the Hawaii-exclusive Paniolo Especiale 2015, Crowned Heads released a third state exclusive, this time a 6…

Portraits: Luis Falto

There aren’t a whole lot of people that entered the cigar business in 1995 that are still around. It’s not that 20 years in the…

Ramón Allones Petit Belicoso (ER UK 2012)

In 2005, Habanos S.A. released the first cigars in the Edición Regional series, a program that made limited edition cigars available for specific regions, who would…

Tatuaje Tiff

First released in 2008, Tatuaje’s extremely popular Monster Series has seen numerous releases in the main line, as well as two additional sub-lines: the Little…

Quesada Selección España Fabulosos

On March 3, Chicago retailer Casa de Montecristo announced they would be the exclusive retailer for not one, but two new Quesada Selección España vitolas, both…

Las Calaveras 2015 Shipping in May

As promised last year when the line was launched, Crowned Heads will be releasing another Las Calaveras this year. The Las Calaveras Edición Limitada 2015 is composed…

Flor de las Antillas Maduro Petit Robusto

In March 2012, My Father Cigars debuted four vitolas in a new full production line composed of all Nicaraguan tobacco named Flor de las Antillas at Portsmith,…