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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.

Weekly News (May 23, 2011)

We are fifty-five days out from the start of the IPCPR tradeshow in Las Vegas. Brands are quietly showing off their “secret” unannounced products for…

Weekly News (May 16, 2011)

Editor’s Note: A lot of tidbits of cigars that we haven’t mentioned this week, but the two major stories are the information regarding the El…

Review: Los Blancos NINE Lancero

Today’s review would fall in the category os the lesser known, although this isn’t a huge secret. The Los Blancos NINE Lancero has been around…

Review: Oliva Serie V Lancero

I like the Serie V and I like Lanceros. Put the two together and we should get a real winner, right? Until last year’s arrival…

Casa Fuente Phantom

There are three retail stores that the Fuente family is associated with: Tampa Sweethearts in Ybor City; Holt’s in Philadelphia and Casa Fuente located in…

The El Rey de los Habanos Lawsuit

It’s been a while since we did a trademark search… today is a lot more than a trademark search. Today is about what is undoubtedly…

Weekly News (May 9, 2011)

I could refer to a lot of points of the year as “the calm before the storm.” But, for the month of May that will be the motto. Slowly over the course of the next few weeks details will begin to emerge about the newest releases for the 2011 IPCPR show in Las Vegas,

Review: Liga Privada EV-10

Today is the story of two very different Lanceros born from the same mother, in the same factory and conceived around the same time. One…

Review: Liga Privada Único Serie L40

The narrative we tell today is one of two very different cigars, both born in the Drew Estate factory and both inspired by the Dirty Rat. While almost no one has heard of the Liga Privada EV-10, the L40 is a cigar that’s generated quite a bit of buzz. And unlike the EV-10, the L40 is bound for production and set to make an appearance at the IPCPR show in Las Vegas, two months from now.

Giveaway: The Facebook Thing

For the longest time el niño diablo avoided Facebook or at least using it. TheCigarFeed needs some more fans on Facebook and since we all…

Review: Davidoff Millennium Blend Lancero

I switched around when this review would be published for a few reasons, mainly due to the fact I wasn’t happy with how the pictures…