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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.

Drew Estate Adds Herrera Estelí Norteño Edicion Limitada

A year after introducing the Herrera Estelí Norteño, Drew Estate has announced a new, limited edition version of the blend. The Herrera Estelí Norteño Edición…

La Aurora Launching Untamed Extreme

At this year’s trade show, La Aurora is planning on expanding its Untamed line, last year’s new line from the Dominican brand that showed a…

XIKAR Updates Stratosphere Lighter

XIKAR’s original high-altitude lighter is getting a redesign. The company will launch Stratosphere II, a new version of the lighter the rugged lighter it introduced…

Kopi Luwak Cigars Gain New Distribution

There’s another coffee cigar on the market now, but this time it’s a return of an old brand. In 2009, Oliveros debuted the Kopi Luwak…

XIKAR Launching New Forte Lighter

Last year, XIKAR created the Hot Rod Collection, using special color combinations of existing product to mimic paint designs on custom classic cigars, now it’s…

XIKAR Bringing Quad-Flame Volta to IPCPR 2015

For the first time in its history, XIKAR will be selling a quad flame lighter. The lighter is the Volta Quad Lighter, a heavy tabletop…

Bugatti Group Launching at IPCPR 2015

There’s another new cigar company, although this one is hardly new. Integral Logistics, the parent of Lotus, Vertigo, Black Label and Bugatti accessory brands, has…

7-20-4 Expands Dogwalker Offerings, Adds Core Line Club Perfecto

Fans of 7-20-4’s Dogwalker size will be treated to a few new offerings at this year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show. Vintage Cigar Distributors of…

Drew Estate Announces Undercrown Shade

Four years after the Undercrown line debuted at the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show in Las Vegas, the upcoming New Orleans rendition will be getting…

Dissident Adding Soapbox SHIFT

At last year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Dissident Cigars indicated that it was working on a double perfecto for the company’s Soapbox line. A year…

Weekly News (July 13, 2015)

Cigar News Altadis USA & Pete Johnson Collaborate for Henry Clay Tattoo Asylum 13 Corojo 7 x 70 Replaces 6 x 70 Asylum 13 Ogre…