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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.

Contest: Prairie Cloud Glass for Tenemu.com

Get you’re head out of the clouds long enough to enter the contest for this retro-themed glass from Prairie Artisan Ales in Tulsa, Okla.

Weekly News (Feb. 22, 2016)

Cigar News C.Gars Ltd Auction Opens Online Casa Turrent Adding Serie 1942 & 1973 CLE Announces Azabache for TAA, Chele & Prieto CLE Updates Eiroa CBT…

XIKAR Announces HumiFan, New PuroTemp Hygrometer

XIKAR has announced the first products of its 20th anniversary: two new accessories for humidors. First up is the HumiFan, a battery powered fan for your…

Alaska Bill Would Increase Tobacco Tax

A new bill in Alaska would increase the tax on cigars to 100 percent of the wholesale price. At the request of Gov. Bill Walker,…

C.Gars Ltd’s February Auction Opens Online

It’s probably the most expensive online-only cigar auction in history. Today, C.Gars Ltd. kicked off its February auction which just under 300 lots, most of rare…

Ask halfwheel: Why Wasn’t the Tatuaje W Nice Ash 2015 on the Top 25

Each Friday, we reach into the mailbag and try to tackle a question asked by one of our readers. This week reader Tom R. wants…

Proposed West Virginia Tobacco Tax Now in Legislature

In January, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin of West Virginia introduced a proposed budget that would increase the tax on other tobacco products, including cigars, from 7…

Another New Jersey Cigar Tax Increase Proposed

Last month, two bills were introduced in the New Jersey legislature that would have raised the tax on cigars from 30 percent of the wholesale…

Obama’s Proposed Budget Includes Near Doubling of Federal Cigar Tax

As part of the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2017, a new program called Preschool for All has been proposed with funding coming from an…

Crowned Heads Announces 2016 Version of The Angel’s Anvil

Back for its third year is The Angel’s Anvil (TAA). It’s Crowned Heads cigar exclusively for members of the Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA). This year’s version…

Black Works Studio Rorschach

When you think of, for lack of a better term, gringos owning and operating cigar factories in Estelí, Jonathan Drew of Drew Estate and Skip…