Paso Robles, Calif. Passes Smoking Ban, Includes Parks
Paso Robles, Calif. has passed a thorough new smoking ban, codifying the prohibition on smoking in all city-owned, leased, or operated buildings; within all places…
Tobacco Age Increase Proposed in Florida
While it remains to see which state–if any–will become the third in the country to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21, a…
Illusione Rothchildes CT
Illusione doesn’t release new cigar lines every day, let alone every month. Yet in 2016, spurred by the rapidly approaching FDA regulation, Dion Giolito’s company…
Maya Selva Unveils Villa Zamorano Reserva
Bolstering its economically-priced Villa Zamorano line, Maya Selva Cigars has announced the release of the Villa Zamorano Reserva, which the company says uses a higher…
Procigar 2017: Day 2
Like most days during the Procigar Festival, Tuesday’s wake up call came all too early as a couple of us closed out Monday night under…
Caldwell Funfetti
In December of 2015, Robert Caldwell released a cigar called Funfetti for JR Cigar that he hoped would be a more balanced version of one…
Procigar 2017: Day 0
Charlie Minato and I are back in the Dominican Republic for the Procigar Festival, the annual celebration of the country’s cigar industry, and which this…
Weekly News (Feb. 20, 2017)
All of us at halfwheel extend our condolences to the Plasencia and Fernandez families this week, as Ahmed Fernandez, deputy manager for the company’s Nicaraguan factory, passed…
Diamond Crown Black Diamond Toast Across America 2016
The road to this review has been an interesting one, if one not told as often as it maybe should have been. If you recall,…
Richlands, Va. Passes Smoking Ban
The town of Richlands, Va. has enacted a new ban that prohibits the use of tobacco, e-cigarettes and vaporizers not just in the standard list…
Idaho Legislator Introduces Tobacco Purchase Age Increase Bill
It almost didn’t come to be, but Idaho now has a bill in its senate that is seeking to raise the minimum age to purchase…
