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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.

Cubatabaco Gets Win in Cohiba Trademark Case Against General Cigar Co.

Earlier this week, the United Sates Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a ruling made by the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board…

Asylum 13 99 Problems

Asylum Cigars is known for making big cigars. Company co-founder Tom Lazuka makes it clear, they didn’t make the 7 x 70 vitola first, but…

Minneapolis, Minn. Tables Park Smoking Ban

A proposal by commissioners from the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board to ban smoking in public parks has been tabled. A 2010 law banned smoking within…

Cabaiguan Celebrando Arrives at Leesburg Cigar & Pipe

The latest Tatuaje single store release has landed at Leesburg Cigar & Pipe. The Cabaiguan Celebrando 25 Años, a 6 3/8 x 43 cervantes, celebrates the…

Tobacco Plaza Lands Quesada España Ninfa

The latest box of the Quesada España Ninfa is heading to Tobacco Plaza of Great Neck, N.Y. It is the sixth cabinet of the 7…

Asylum Begins Shipping Extra Large Cigar Cases

Asylum Cigars has begun shipping its new line of cigar cases made for the company’s lines of extra large cigars. In theory, the cases will…

Robert Levin Named New CRA Chairman

Robert Levin has been named the new chairman of Cigar Rights of America (CRA). The announcement comes only a few days after Jeff Borysiewicz, a co-founder…

Fratello Slates Boxer for June

Fratello will release its first extension to the company’s eponymous line this month. The Fratello Boxer, a 6 1/4 x 52 box-pressed torpedo, will debut…

Washington D.C. Keeps Cigar Exemption

A proposed 80 percent tax on premium cigar in Washington D.C. will not happen. The Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Support Act of 2014 originally included raising…

Oklahoma Smoking Bans & Age Restrictions Fail

The end of May meant the end of the Oklahoma Legislature’s current session. With that, a variety of proposed tobacco-related laws. Oklahoma is now the…

Reinado Announces Grand Empire Reserve Ecuador Edition

Reinado’s plans for a Connecticut have turned. The company has announced that it will be releasing the Grand Empire Reserve Connecticut Edition in a single…