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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.

Quesada Keg Edition Returns for 2017, Adds Belicoso

St. Patrick’s Day isn’t taking a year off and neither is Quesada. The original version of the Quesada Keg Edition will return for 2017 in…

La Hoja Announces Signature Series 1962

La Hoja Cigars has announced that it is ready to debut its latest cigar. It’s called La Hoja Signature Series 1962, a three-size line that is…

Ten Questions for 2017

It’s back. Despite whatever Patrick Lagreid might think, I think I did a B+ job on the Ten Questions for 2016 and as such, I…

Quesada Oktoberfest Triple Bock

Six years ago, Quesada had two pretty radical ideas. First was the Casa Magna Domus Magnus, which debuted in some radical sizes. The other was…

Kristoff Promotes Jarrid Trudeau to VP of National Sales

Kristoff Cigars has announced that Jarrid Trudeau has been promoted to vice-president of national sales. Trudeau joined the company in October 2014 as the northeastern account…

FDA Delays Ingredient Listing Deadline to August 2017

Another day, another FDA delay. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has published a revised version of its Listing of Ingredients in Tobacco Products, which…

Elogio Excéntrico No. 5 Rosalita

Five years ago, Curivari and Elogio were the two brands destined to be the next big thing in the cigar world. For a variety of reasons,…

Perdomo Raising Prices for 2017

Add Perdomo to the list of companies that will be raising its prices because of costs of new regulations. In a letter sent to retailers…

Oliva Makes Serie V, Melanio Exclusives for Cigars International’s 20th Anniversary

In celebration of Cigars International’s 20th anniversary, Oliva has created two exclusive cigars for the Pennsylvania-based retailer. The first is the Oliva Serie V Toro…

A.J. Fernández Acquires Sosa Brands

A.J. Fernández Cigars has acquired the Sosa Cigars brands. Sosa has a variety of brands using its names including Sosa Classic, Sosa Super Selection, Macabi,…

La Aurora 107 Cosecha 2006 Corona Gorda Especial

When I first started writing about cigars, there was not a cigar more popular within the blogosphere and on Twitter than the La Aurora 107….