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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.

La Gloria Cubana Serie D No.5 (ER España 2017)

Although it arrived a bit later than it was scheduled, the first La Gloria Cubana Edición Regional release for the country of Spain began hitting retailer’s…

Edition One Cloud Hopper No. 53

While Kyle Gellis’ Warped booth showed off his company’s newest cigars at last year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, there was an additional brand making its…

Aladino Corojo Reserva (Prerelease)

While relatively rare over the years, there have been examples of cigar blends made exclusively with one type of tobacco. During the 2018 IPCPR Convention…

Vegas Robaina Short Robaina (ER Andorra 2014)

Officially launched in 1997, Vegas Robaina marca is one of the youngest brands in Habanos S.A.’s portfolio and named after the famous Alejandro Robaina, who grew…

Camacho Liberty 2005 Throwback

There have been many cigars released to commemorate specific holidays over the years, but Camacho’s Liberty Series might very well be one of the most…

IPCPR 2018: Prometheus

One company I look forward to every year is easy to spot from afar: Prometheus, whose booth is always full of amazing looking products, including…

IPCPR 2018: Visol Products

As as been the case the past few years, Plano, Texas-based Visol Products had plenty of new products to show off at the 2018 IPCPR…

IPCPR 2018: La Palina

La Palina had a number of new releases to show off at this year’s IPCPR, although virtually none of them were announced ahead of time….

IPCPR 2018: EH Cigars

While I visited over 75 booths—both those I covered and those I just walked into at certain points—during the 2018 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show,…

IPCPR 2018: White Hat Distribution

Launched in 2016 by Spence Drake, White Hat Distribution is perhaps best known for distributing Hirochi Robaina’s H.R. cigars, a brand that just saw a…

IPCPR 2018: Dominion Cigar Inc.

After releasing two new blends at last year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show—one of which was a Canadian exclusive—Dominion Cigar, Inc. followed that up this…