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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 Sending Les CHATTeaux to Burns Tobacconist

Crowned Heads has made no secret that Nashville is its home, it’s next cigar is heading southeast to Chattanooga. The company will send Burns Tobacconist a…

Fuente Plans New U.S. Distribution Center

Last week, Arturo Fuente broke ground on a new distribution center located across the street from its current headquarters in Tampa. View this post on…

TAA Retailers Getting Herrera Estelí Maduro

Retail members of the Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA) will have the opportunity to receive a new variant of the Herrera Estelí brand. Drew Estate…

Nat Sherman Updates Timeless Bands

Nat Sherman had added a secondary band to its Timeless lines to help better distinguish the original Timeless line, which is made in the Dominican Republic,…

Davidoff & Blend Celebrate Indy 500 With a Cigar

Davidoff and Indianapolis-based Blend Bar with Davidoff Cigars are celebrating the 100th anniversary of The Greatest Spectacle in Racing with a special cigar, the Davidoff Exclusive Indy 500…

Procigar 2016: Day 4 + Conclusion

My arm hurts. That’s not how Friday morning started. It actually started outside, alongside Patrick Lagreid, some Drew Estate and Altadis U.S.A. employees and Rafael…

Cigars International Celebrates 20 Years With Davidoff Exclusive

Cigars International is probably not the first retailer that comes to mind when you think Davidoff, but the Pennsylvania-based retailer best known for its internet and…

Smoke Inn Gets March Shipment of Quesada España A-

South Florida’s Smoke Inn will be the latest retailer to receive the Quesada Selección España A-. In a tradition that dates back to 2013, each…

San Francisco Raises Minimum Age to Purchase Tobacco to 21

In a few months, it will be illegal for those under the age of 21 to purchase tobacco products in the city of San Francisco….

Davidoff Golf Scorecard Edition 2016 Tees Off This Month

For the second year in a row, Davidoff has a cigar for golf. The company has announced the Davidoff Golf Scorecard Edition 2016, which is expected…

Camacho Adding Three New American Barrel-Aged Figurados

In April, Camacho will begin shipping three new sizes of its American Barrel-Aged line; all three, not parejos. The three new sizes are Perfecto Gordo…