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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.

Crowned Heads Names Miguel Schoedel National Sales Manager

Piece by piece, the band seems to be getting back together. Miguel Schoedel has been appointed the national sales manager for Crowned Heads. Schoedel, whose career started at…

La Flor de Cano Casanova Debuts in Italy Next Week

The latest Italian regional will be on shelves next week. On April 9, Diadema S.P.A., the Italian distributor of Cuban cigars, will hold a tasting…

La Gloria Cubana Paraiso (ER Caribbean 2014)

When you think of Edición Regional releases, you probably do not think of La Gloria Cubana. Yet, the Cuban brand has been selected for seven…

Foundation Adds Event-Only Menelik

If you show up at a Foundation Cigar Co. event sometime soon, there’s a new cigar you need to try, but you cannot buy it….

Illinois Bill Would Allow for Cities to Impose Additional Tobacco Taxes

Earlier this year, Chicago’s new tax on cigars and other tobacco products was declared unconstitutional. The reason was because a state law prevented home rule…

Arkansas Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase Fails

A proposal to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products in the state of Arkansas has failed. Last week, H.B. 1711 was read for…

Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Eye of the Shark

In late 2015, Arturo Fuente released two cigars paying honor to the Fuente family’s then patriarch, Carlos Fuente Sr. One was the Arturo Fuente Don Carlos…

El Rey del Mundo Choix du Roi Arrives in Belgium & Luxembourg Next Month

The El Rey del Mundo Choix du Roi, a new regional for the Belgium and Luxembourg, will be released next month. La Casa del Habano…

Casa de Montecristo Chicago Lands Laranja Exclusive

Casa de Montecristo – Chicago, based in Countryside, Ill., has another exclusive cigar. This time it’s the Laranja CDM Exclusive Toro, a 6 x 52 toro,…

La Flor Dominicana Special Football Edition 2017

This weekend marks the end of the college basketball season, the start of baseball season and almost nothing important in regards to football, or at…

Ciguardian Pouch

For 20 years, Boveda packs—originally sold as Humidipak—have been offered to cigar smokers. And for much of the last two decades, the company saw little direct…