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Charlie Minato

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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.

Perdomo Small Batch 2005 Sun Grown Ships

The second wave of the Perdomo Small Batch 2005 headed to stores last week. The Perdomo Small Batch Sun Grown was sent to stores last…

Davidoff of Geneva 25th Anniversary

While my favorite Davidoff from last year got plenty of attention, my favorite Davidoff from the year before seems to have never caught on. That…

Orchant’s Inca Secret Blend Heads to U.S.

In 2012, Mitchell Orchant—best known for being the managing director of C. Gars Ltd, a family of stores in the U.K.—launched Inka Secret Blend Cigars,…

Weekly News (April 27, 2015)

Cigar News A.J. Fernandez New World Connecticut Shipping in May CLE Cigar Co. & Asylum Gain Canadian Distribution Davidoff Adding Brazilian-Inspired Line La Flor Dominicana…

Padrón 50th Anniversary Humidor

It’s hard to disagree with Patrick Lagreid’s and later Brooks Whittington’s assessments that among the hundreds of new products introduced at the 2014 IPCPR Convention &…

Perdomo Small Batch 2005 Connecticut Rothschild

When Perdomo Cigars announced a slight price increase earlier this year, the larger new was arguably a new line, Small Batch 2005. It’s actually three…

Viaje Ships Exclusivo, Exclusivo WLP, Zombie Antidote & Super Shot

In one of the larger Viaje shipments in a while—six Viajes are on their way to retailers, although half are familiar faces. The Viaje Antidote…

Drew Estate Changes Pappy Van Winkle Cigar, Begins Shipping (Update)

Drew Estate has announced that it has finally shipped the Pappy Van Winkle-branded cigars, but not before changing quite a few things. It starts with…

Princeton, N.J. Raises Minimum Purchasing Age to 21

As expected, the Princeton Board of Health passed a resolution that raises the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 19 to 21 in the…

La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero Firecracker

In 2007, Two Guys Smoke Shop received a limited edition exclusive in the Don Pepin Garcia blue line known as the Firecracker, a 3 x…

New Orleans Smoking Ban Begins Tomorrow

On Friday, a judge denied a restraining order brought on by a lawsuit from Harrah’s Casinos and over 50 other bars that would have temporarily…