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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.

Padilla Cava 550 (Prerelease)

In April, Ernesto Padilla announced plans to release a new blend at the IPCPR convention and trade show in July. The Padilla Cava will debut…

EH Lancero

In late February, Edgar Hoill Cigars announced that there would be a limited release of a 7 x 38 lancero vitola in the EH blend…

Crux Ninfamaniac Shipping Today

After a two-month delay, the Ninfamaniac and Ninfamaniac Darks are leaving Miami to ship to retailers. This marks the debut release for Crux, a Minnesota-based…

Bolívar Gran Belicoso (Colección Habanos 2010)

In 2001, Habanas S.A. announced the first in what would become a yearly series of releases called the Colección Habanos Series. Each release is contained within…

Black Label Trading Company Morphine Lancero (Prerelease)

In March, Black Label Trading Company announced a new blend named Morphine. Two different vitolas, a Lancero (6 x 38) and a Corona (5 1/2…

Headley Grange Snaredrum Heading to Federal Cigar

Federal Cigar is getting an exclusive vitola from Crowned Heads. The Headley Grange Snaredrum, a 6 x 38 corona especiales, is expected to arrive at…

Portraits: Nicholas Melillo

Nicholas Melillo made news earlier this month when he announced his departure from Drew Estate. He spent 11 years in the tobacco side of the…

Viaje Oro Lancero

In 2011 rumors started flying that Viaje would soon release a box of cigars containing three different blends, all in the lancero vitola. At the…

Tatuaje SW Reserva Maduro

In March 2009, Tatuaje released a limited version of of its SW Reserva blend to honor Paul Hernandez, who served as an independent sales representative…

La Gloria Cubana Rival Twin Chapter 1

In October of 2013, General Cigar’s La Gloria Cubana brand released the first cigar in a series called Rival Twin. Each box of the release…

CAO Hans Huber Conmemorativo

In late 2011, CAO released an exclusive blend commemorating a regular patron of Washington D.C. based retailer W. Curtis Draper who had recently passed away….