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I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.

La Palina Congress Emerges

If you are looking for the La Palina Congress, head to Washington D.C., at least for now. W. Curtis Draper of Washington D.C. has acknowledged…

Asylum 13 70 x 7 Box-Pressed

While many companies create new blends as exclusive releases for retail members of the Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA), Asylum took an easy way out…

Cuba Reports Positive Crop

After three years of notably poor tobacco harvests, Cuba is finally having a good year. Previous predictions suggested that this would be a bumper crop…

Weekly News (Sept. 4, 2017)

Cigar News C.Gars Ltd Opens September Auction Cuba Introduces Two New Tobacco Strains, Eyes New Cigar Tobacco David Tang, Founder of Pacific Cigar Co., Dies…

C.Gars Ltd Opens September Auction

For the 22nd time, British retailer C.Gars Ltd is hosting an auction of Cuban cigars. The latest rendition opened yesterday and concludes on Sept. 10….

Camacho Imperial Stout Barrel-Aged

Bourbon Barrel-Aged Ten Fidy. Without a question, it was one of the most anticipated beer releases of 2016. Oskar Blues Brewery of Longmont, Colo. took…

Quesada Oktoberfest Bayern Lands at The Cigar Shop

Later this month, Oktoberfest will formally kick off in Germany, but Quesada’s Oktoberfest celebrations are already underway. As it has done since 2011, the company…

Espinosa Creates One Love Houston for Hurricane Harvey Relief

If you’d like to smoke a cigar and help the Hurricane Harvey Relief effort, there’s an easy option. Espinosa Premium Cigars and Houston-based retailer STOGIES…

Cuba Introduces Two New Tobacco Strains, Eyes New Cigar Tobacco

Cuba’s San Juan and Martinez Tobacco Experiment Station has developed two new cigarette varietals and is working towards new cigar tobaccos. The report comes from Xinhua,…

Alliance Cigar Adds Herrera Estelí DeSocio

Alliance Cigar Co.’s collection of exclusive releases under the DeSocio name has another entry. Drew Estate has announced that it has created the Herrera Estelí…

Oliva Gilberto Reserva Torpedo

It wasn’t with a grand roll-out, but earlier this year, Oliva released one of the more notable cigars of the year. Facundo. No. Gilberto. The…