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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.

La Flor Dominicana 1994 Beer Steins, Digger Mahogany Ashtrays Ship Tomorrow

La Flor Dominicana’s most anticipated product from 2014 will begin heading to stores tomorrow. Jon Carney, vp of sales for LFD, told halfwheel that the La…

Partagás Serie C No.1 (Colección Habanos 2002)

In 2001, Habanos S.A. launched the Cuaba Salomónes, the first of what has become a mostly annual series known as the Colección Habanos. It showcases unique…

Orchant Seleccion Oliva Launching Tomorrow

Tomorrow, British retailer Mitchell Orchant will add another line to his Orchant Seleccion portfolio of cigars, this time a release from Oliva. While U.S. consumers…

2014 Awards: Packaging Top 10

As we’ve done for the past few years, it’s the end of another year and time to reevaluate the best of what the cigar industry…

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…