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I have worn many hats in my life up to this point: I started out as a photojournalist for the Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, then transitioned to photographing weddings—both internationally and in the U.S.—for more than a decade. After realizing that there was a need for a cigar website containing better photographs and more in-depth information about each release, I founded my first cigar blog, SmokingStogie, in 2008. 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, and it was one of the predecessors to halfwheel, which I co-founded.

Apostate Cigars Shipping Moroni’s Trumpet & The Endowment Today

Moroni’s Trumpet is a 6 1/4 x 56 torpedo, while The Endowment is a 6 x 52 toro. With the release of these two cigars, the company’s planned eight core blends have all been introduced.

Liga Privada H99 Connecticut Corojo Super Ancho

The newest release in Drew Estate’s Liga Privada H99 Connecticut Corojo line is the largest yet, a 6 x 60 gordo with a price tag of $21.14 each. It is only being sold at Drew Diplomat Program retail partner events, and each of those retailers are limited to just three boxes per event, or 75 total cigars.

Tatuaje The Wolfman Redux 4 Shipping This Week

This is the fourth edition of Tatuaje’s Monster Series Redux collection. The cigar is based on The Wolfman, a 7 1/2 x 52 torpedo was made with an Ecuadorian Sumatra-seed wrapper covering a binder and filler blend of Nicaraguan tobaccos. 

Warped Adds El Oso Primo as Smokingpipes.com Exclusive

The El Oso line debuted in 2014, and this newest vitola is a 4 1/2 x 46 viola with an MSRP of $20 each. Only 5,000 boxes of 10 are being released.

CigarKings Releasing COY 24 Geniales Colorado at Intertabac 2024

The new cigar was created to celebrate Pantone’s color of the year 2024, 13-1023 Peach Fuzz. As was the case with the company’s COY 2023 last year—which celebrated Pantone’s 18-1750, Viva Magenta—there will be a total production of 24,000 cigars released.

Davidoff Grand Cru Diademas Finas Limited Edition Collection

This is the fourth and final release of Davidoff’s History Re-Rolled Series, a line that debuted last year made up of cigars Davidoff had previously discontinued but brought back as limited editions. The filler of the blend includes seco from San Vicente that was aged for six months in spent casks that previously held premier grand cru classé red wine from Bordeaux, France.

Casdagli Adding Epicurist & Vater to Brothers of the Sabre Series at InterTabac 2024

These are the third and fourth additions to the company’s series, which was created to honor military generals who were known for their love of tobacco. Epicurist is meant to honor General Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle of France while the Vater honors Austrian general Field Marshal Joseph Radetzky von Radetz.

Nestor Miranda Grand Reserve 2024

After a 12-year absence, the Nestor Miranda Grand Reserve returned earlier this year. The newest version of the limited edition line was released to commemorate Miami Cigar & Co.’s 35th anniversary.

Micallef Connecticut Londres

Released last year, the Connecticut Londres was part of a sampler that included 16 cigars, two each of the company’s eight different core-line blends. Carrying the name Micallef Collectors Edition, the sampler was made to commemorate the 80th birthday of company founder Al Micallef.

Casa de Sueños The 5th

Created to commemorate the brand’s fifth anniversary in business, this cigar is a 5 1/2 x 58 box-pressed vitola with a small pigtail on the cap. Like all of Casa de Sueños cigars, this limited edition of 3,600 cigars was made by De Los Reyes in the Dominican Republic.