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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.

OpusX Pussy Juice

(Editor’s Note: Some will find the name of this cigar to be inappropriate. If you are using a family or work computer, you might want…

Room101 Announces Master Collection Three

First black, then gold and now white. In February, the third and final installment of the Room101 Master Collection will arrive on shelves, this time…

Casino Gold HRS The Whale Shipping Tomorrow

The lone new release from Royal Gold Cigars at the 2014 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show is ready to ship. The Whale, a 7 x 70…

2014 Awards: New Company of the Year

It was an interesting year for new cigar companies. We as a staff probably spent more time determining what the rules were for eligibility than…

Regular Production Reviews Coming in 2015

(Editor’s Note: A version of this post first appeared in the December version of The Newsletter.) Ashton Symmetry, Padrón Family Reserve No. 50 and the…

2014 Awards: Announcement

We aren’t into turning any of these yearly awards into any more posts than they need to be, although we do appreciate breaking it up,…

Weekly News (Jan. 5, 2015)

Cigar News New Camacho? http://instagram.com/p/xSsYmRggTW/ E.P. Carrillo Names New VP of Sales Espinosa Ships The Alibi JM Tobacco Adds Humidified Packs Maya Selva Revamps Villa…

Davidoff Diademas 100

Earlier this week, I reviewed the Davidoff Oro Blanco, the brand new halo product for the Swiss company. It was somewhat coincidental timing given that…

E.P. Carrillo Names New VP of Sales

As mentioned in the Ten Questions for 2015 editorial a few days ago, E.P. Carrillo will be announcing a new vp of sales and marketing,…

Another (Holy Grail Week)

Three years ago today, halfwheel.com went live. A lot has changed since then, but there are a few traditions we’d like to keep alive. One…

Davidoff Oro Blanco

Of course we are. Earlier this year, Davidoff head Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard gave a presentation updating the media and public on the state of the Swiss…