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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.

Review: Chaveta Habano Toro

Back in the early part of 2011, Mark Just of Tower Cigars announced that he had purchased Chaveta cigars, a boutique brand that is produced…

Illusione ~Síngulare 2010~ Phantom

The Illusione ~Síngulare 2010~ Phantom is a 6 × 50 Nicaraguan puro rolled at the Raíces Cubanas factory in Honduras that was limited to 1,000 boxes…

Viaje Skull and Bones White FOAB

In mid March of this year, Viaje released yet another slew of new cigars all at once to retailers. There were five new releases in…

Casa Fuente Gets New Exclusive Line

Today Fuente confirmed that Casa Fuente has added a new blend to the existing cigars it sells. The new blend comes in three different vitolas…

Viaje Super Shot 12 Gauge

Late last year, Andre Farkas showed off boxes of a new Viaje line, Super Shot. While the 10 Gauge Super Shot already shipped in late…

Tatuaje Tobacco Plaza DD

In late 2011, it became apparent that Tobacco Plaza of Great Neck, NY was slated for the next Tatuaje single-store release. The cigar would be…

Review: Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo du Gourmet (1994)

Hoyo de Monterrey is not one of the more prolific Cuban brands even with its status of being one of Habanos’ Global Brands. That status…

Tatuaje Pork Tenderloin

We are looking at one of the best Tatuaje releases of all time, the Pork Tenderloin. Big brother to the Porkchop, it is a blend…

Review: Arturo Fuente Don Arturo Gran AniverXario Gran Corona (Natural)

At the 2011 IPCPR show, Prometheus showed off the 2011 Limited Edition Fuente Story Humidor, a special release of the previously released Arturo Fuente Don…

My Father Limited Edition 2010

At the 2010 IPCPR show, My Father Cigars S.A. showed off a few cigars, but the star of the show was the My Father Limited…

Intemperance EC XVIII The Faith (Prerelease)

Last week, Charlie reviewed the Intemperance BA XXI The Intrigue, a new cigar from RoMa Craft Tobac. As was mentioned in the review, there were…