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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.

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…

Emilio Announces New LJZ

There’s a new Emilio cigar. The company has announce the release of the LJZ, which shares initials with L.J. Zucca and its founder Louis J. Zucca. It…

LH Premium Cigars Adds Lavida Isla

Lavida Habana Premium Cigars has announced its newest release and a new distribution deal. It’s called Lavida Isla, a play on the name of one…

IPCPR 2017: 23 Companies That Won’t Be Here

The amount of vendors exhibiting at the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show has exploded in the last decade. In 2010, there were 251 exhibitors; five years…

IPCPR 2017: 14 Companies That Don’t Have Anything New

New, new, new. For the last five years, that’s what the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show has been all about. However, whether because of new…

General Adding Hoyo La Amistad Silver

There will be a second A.J. Fernández-made Hoyo de Monterrey. At tomorrow’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, General Cigar Co. will introduce the Hoyo La…