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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.

Montecristo Pilotico Pepe Mendez Robusto

There are a lot of important people that touch your cigar before you finally cut and smoke it. Without any of them, it’s unlikely you…

Quesada Sends A- to Premium 70/70 Cigars

Premium 70/70 Cigar Shop & Lounge of Westport, Mass. will be the latest recipient of the Quesada España A-. The  8 1/2 x 48 vitola is a…

Tabacalera USA Acquires Serious Cigars

The company behind Altadis U.S.A. and the JR Cigar and Casa de Montecristo retail stores has acquired Serious Cigars, the Houston, Texas-based chain of retail…

Rocky Patel Dark Dominican Debuting at Retailers

Rocky Patel Premium Cigars has announced that it has begun the formal release for the Dark Dominican. View this post on Instagram A post shared…

Ciguardian Adds C150 Fat Packs

Ciguardian Products has announced that it will be adding a higher capacity version of its newly-introduced portable humidification products. The new packs are called C150 Fat…

HVC Black Friday Returns for 2016

HVC’s Black Friday release is back for another year. The Nicaraguan puro is released in honor of the American shopping tradition that takes place on…

Davidoff Adds Year of the Rooster Limited Edition 2017

Davidoff has announced the latest to its annual limited edition series centered around the Chinese zodiac calendar, Year of the Rooster. Next year will be…

Tatuaje Releases La Vérité Nationally

Stores around the country will begin to take delivery of a familiar name from Tatuaje: La Vérité. The La Vérité 2013 is a single-farm vintage, meaning…

Weekly News (Oct. 31, 2016)

Cigar News Alec Bradley’s Medio Fuerte Liga de Reyes Surfaces Altadis U.S.A. Raising Prices Black Label Trading Co. Ships Santa Muerte Crowned Heads Previewing Luminosa…

FDA Publishes Draft Guidance for Ingredient Listing Requirement

Today, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) published draft guidance on its new rules that will require manufacturers and/or importers to disclose the ingredients…

MBombay Vintage Reserve Lancero 1973

I’ve smoked a lot of lanceros, hundreds of different ones in fact. They aren’t big sellers and a lot of that has to do with…