Showing results for

Brooks Whittington

Avatar photo

About the author

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.

Viaje Skull and Bones M?stery (2014)

Since 2010, Viaje has released one or more vitolas of the M?stery blend every October. The blend and release details about the M?stery versions have always…

Bolívar Super Coronas (EL 2014)

In 2000, Habanos S.A. began releasing the Edición Limitada series: cigars in select brands that are not offered in the regular production portfolio usually made…

Zino Platinum Make Of Texas Collector’s Edition

Last year, Davidoff’s Zino Platinum released two different cigars, each in collaboration with a different urban artist, who supplied the art for the boxes and…

D’Crossier L’Forte Bullet

In July, D’Crossier announced the newest line of cigars to come out of the Costa Rica-based Pure Aroma Cigars S.A. factory. The D’Crossier L’Forte, which translates to…

Illusione Cruzado Marelas Supremas

First introduced at the 2013 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, the Illusione Cruzado Marelas Supremas is the seventh size for the line, which features a Nicaraguan criollo…

XIKAR X875 Cutter

You would have to be living under a rock to not notice the increase in the number of cigars that feature ring gauges in excess of…

Hecho Con Corazon—LE 2014

In September, we reported that Crowned Heads would be releasing its smallest limited edition yet, the Hecho Con Corazon—LE 2014. While the name and backstory are…

Portraits: Steve Ysidron

Steve Ysidron has a concept right now that makes sense. Go into a factory, find tobacco that is more or less leftovers, outcasts and the…

Crowned Heads Ships The Mason-Dixon Project

The latest from Crowned Heads is on the way to retailers. Yesterday, the company began shipping The Mason-Dixon Project—Limited Edition 2014. According to co-owner Jon…

La Aroma de Cuba Noblesse

In 2003, Ashton Distributors Inc. reintroduced the La Aroma de Cuba brand, an old Cuban name the company had acquired, as one of the new…

Felipe Gregorio Power 2014 Triple R

In 2007, Felipe Gregorio introduced the first incarnation of the Power line, a cigar that would be produced only once every seven years, that features pelo de…