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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.

Smoke Inn Celebrating José O. Padrón’s 90th Birthday With Special Cigar

Next Friday, South Florida-based Smoke Inn will host a special event celebrating José Orlando Padrón’s 90th birthday. As with most special events, there is a…

Thompson Adds Don Pepin Garcia Cuban Classic Connecticut

Thompson Cigar’s growing stable of exclusive releases has its newest cigar. The Tampa retailer and My Father Cigars have teamed up for the Don Pepin Garcia…

Weekly News (Jan. 18, 2016)

Cigar News A.J. Fernandez Appoints Ricky Somoza as U.S. Director of Operations Black Label Trading Co. Discontinues Redemption La Flor Dominicana Football Special Edition 2016…

Arturo Fuente Unnamed Reserve 2015 Corona Extra

For many years, the holiday season meant two things for Arturo Fuente fans: Añejo and OpusX shipments, but a few years ago, the company added…

Thompson Adds PDR Dark Harvest Habano 2013

First there was a Dark Harvest Maduro, then a Dark Harvest Connecticut, now, there’s a Dark Harvest Habano. The first two cigars came from Abe…

Larry Palombo Joins NACSA

It’s a new year and industry veteran Larry Palombo has a new job. Palombo has joined Nicaraguan American Cigars S.A. (NACSA) to help oversee the company’s…

Tatuaje Putting Black Label Into Regular Production

Pete Johnson’s Private Reserve is heading to regular production. The Tatuaje founder announced today that the Tatuaje Black Label—which currently has one regular production vitola—will…

La Flor Dominicana Special Football Edition Ships

The NFL Playoffs are underway and La Flor Dominicana’s unofficial cigar for the Super Bowl is heading to stores. Today, the company will begin shipping…

2015 Awards: The Consensus Top 25 Cigars

And we’re back. As we’ve done for the previous four years, here is The Consensus. It’s a tabulated list of various top five, 10 and 25…

Chicago Cigar Tax Hike Proposed

Mayor Rahm Emmanuel wants a new orientation program from incoming high schoolers in the city of Chicago and he might just use cigars to help pay…

Weekly News (Jan. 11, 2016)

Cigar News 601 Pennsylvania Edition Arrives at Best Cigar Prices Altadis U.S.A. Announces Price Changes Andy Scharfman Leaves Cesar Cigars for Kristoff Caldwell Funfetti Arrives…