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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.

IPCPR 2014: Perdomo

The Perdomo booth looked much the same as it has in recent years, but inside the long space the company introduced a new line as…

IPCPR 2014: E.P. Carrillo

There were a number of anniversaries being celebrated during the 2014 IPCPR Convention and Trade Show, one of which was the fifth anniversary of E.P….

IPCPR 2014: Tatuaje

There was certainly plenty of activity at the Tatuaje booth this year, a space shared with My Father Cigar and L’Atelier Imports. While the number of…

IPCPR 2014: Crux Cigars

Regular readers of halfwheel should know the Crux Cigars name, but for many of the retailers attending the 2014 IPCPR Convention and Trade Show, it…

IPCPR 2014: Day 2 Recap

Another day of the IPCPR show in Las Vegas is in the bag, and here is what we heard and saw while on the floor…

IPCPR 2014: Cabal Cigars

Chris Arolfo was primarily introducing retailers to the Cabal brand at the 2014 IPCPR Convention and Trade Show, though for those stores who have already brought…

IPCPR 2014: Kristoff

Like a number of other manufacturers at the IPCPR Convention and Trade Show this year, Kristoff kept its new releases to a minimum, with one…

IPCPR 2014: L’Atelier Imports

While a number of manufacturers kept their IPCPR releases to a relative minimum, L’Atelier Imports had a steady stream of new projects to show off…

IPCPR 2014: Reinado

Antonio Lam’s Reinado line grew by just one cigar this year, but the reviews on it so far have been pretty favorable. The Reinado Grand…

Viva Republica Propaganda Disinformation (Prerelease)

In July of 2013, Viva Republica was talking about their next release, tentatively named Thrice, which got its name from the fact that it used…

Espada by Montecristo Arrives in Stores

While most the cigar world gathers in Las Vegas, Nev. for the upcoming IPCPR convention and trade show, the latest Montecristo is arriving on retailer’s…