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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.

Missouri Voters Reject Two Tax Increase Proposals

Missouri will not have an increase on the taxes on cigars and other tobacco products. Voters in Missouri rejected two separate ballot measures that would…

North Dakota Rejects Tobacco Tax Increase

At around 10 p.m. local time, it became known that voters in North Dakota rejected a proposed tobacco tax increase that could have doubled the…

Fuente Updates Don Carlos Bands

It’s not entirely new, but it is a pretty big change. Arturo Fuente has updated the bands on its Don Carlos cigars. The bands are similar…

BLÜME Humidifier Heading to Indiegogo (Update)

Cigar Zen has launched a Indiegogo campaign for a new humidifier, BLÜME. Like many products that take to Indiegogo or Kickstarter, BLÜME seeks to raise money for tackling a…

Camacho Box Press Corojo Emerges

There appears to be a new Camacho Corojo. Last week, Cigar Snob magazine published two photos of a box-pressed version of the Camacho Corojo. View this…

Weekly News (Nov. 7, 2016)

Cigar News Ciguardian Adds C150 Fat Packs Davidoff Announces Year of the Rooster Limited Edition 2017 Dan Carr Appointed President of ITG Brands HVC Black…

XIKAR Cigar Locker

Earlier this year, I stopped by RoMa Craft Tobac’s new offices and on a desk in the conference room was a new XIKAR product, the…

La Gloria Cubana Glorias Arrives at German Retailers

The 2015 Edición Regional for the German market is now on German shelves. Christoph Puszkar, director of marketing for 5th Avenue, the German distributor for…

Five Reasons Why Cigar Companies Will Acquire More Retailers

Following the news that Imperial Brands, plc—the same company that owns Altadis U.S.A., JR Cigar and the Casa de Montecristo retail chain—purchased Serious Cigars, a…

Announcement: Daily Emails Have a New Look

If you are a subscriber to halfwheel‘s daily email list, you’ve probably noticed a few tweaks in the past couple weeks. Today, you should notice a…

La Aurora Preferidos Double Barrel Ships Nationally

Miami Cigar & Co. has announced that it has begun shipping the La Aurora Preferidos 1903 Edition Double Barrel Aged. View this post on Instagram A…