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Charlie Minato

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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.

IPCPR 2017: Illusione

Illusione was on the list of companies that wasn’t supposed to have new products, and yet, Dion Giolito has two new cigars at the trade…

IPCPR 2017: Phillips & King

Phillips & King might not be known to most of our consumer readers, but if you are in the cigar business, or really in the…

IPCPR 2017: Boveda

While there were some new faces in the Boveda booth this year, there was not any new product. The company is focusing on its 320…

IPCPR 2017: Cigar Oasis

There’s one new thing at the Cigar Oasis booth: the booth itself.As part of the company’s 20th anniversary celebrations, it has created a brand new…

IPCPR 2017: Oliva

In the bottom right hand corner of the show lies the Oliva booth, something that has been virtually the same since I started coming to…

Contest: Davidoff Winston Churchill Ashtray

Day two and contest number two. Up for grabs today, courtesy of Davidoff of Geneva USA, is the new Winston Churchill ashtray. It’s a French…

IPCPR 2017: Tatuaje & L’Atelier Imports

Pete Johnson was pretty coy about what he had planned for the show, but it turns out, there’s actually some new items for both L’Atelier…

IPCPR 2017: Davidoff of Geneva USA

When you walk into the Davidoff of Geneva USA booth, you are greeted by a somber sight.The late Avo Uvezian’s hat lay rest on a…

IPCPR 2017: Day 0 Recap

And we back. While today marks the first day of the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, at least the trade show portion, I’ve been in…

Contest: Davidoff Winston Whisky Glasses

It’s the first day of the 2017 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show and that means lots of posts and a prize for one lucky winner….

Warfighter Tobacco Heading to Retail

After a little over a year selling cigars on the internet, Warfighter Tobacco will begin to offer brick and mortar retailers its cigars. The company…