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Patrick Lagreid

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I strive to capture the essence of a cigar and the people behind them in my work – every cigar you light up is the culmination of the work of countless people and often represents generations of struggle and stories. For me, it’s about so much more than the cigar – it’s about the story behind it, the experience of enjoying the work of artisans and the way that a good cigar can bring people together. In addition to my work with halfwheel, I’m the public address announcer for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks during spring training, as well as for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and previously the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League. I also work in a number of roles for Major League Baseball, plus I'm a voice over artist. Prior to joining halfwheel, I covered the Phoenix and national cigar scene for Examiner.com, and was an editor for Cigar Snob magazine.

Mission, Texas Passes New Smoking Ban

On Monday night the mayor and city council of Mission, Texas voted unanimously to pass a sweeping overhaul of the  city’s existing smoking ban, making…

Gurkha Announces Two New Sizes for Ghost

Gurkha’s Ghost line will be getting a pair of new sizes at the upcoming IPCPR Convention & Trade Show. The company will be unveiling the…

Indianhead Cigars Revamps American Stogies for July Relaunch of War Hunter

Indianhead Cigars, which was acquired by José “Jochy” Blanco in October 2015,  is continuing its refresh of some of the brand’s older lines, and next week…

CAO Pilón Robusto

If you’ve dug into the process of making a cigar, you’ve undoubtedly heard the world pilón, the term for a pile of tobacco that is…

Cortland County, N.Y. Won’t Raise Tobacco Purchase Age

The Cortland County (N.Y.) Legislature voted against a proposal to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21 on Wednesday night. According to…

La Grande, Ore. Bans Smoking in City Parks

Smoking and vaping is now prohibited in La Grande, Ore. city parks, as well as a pair of parks outside city limits but operated by…

Leawood, Kan. Joins Tobacco Age Increase Movement

The Kansas City metro area has become a hot bed of cities increasing the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21 years…

Portland, Maine Increases Tobacco Purchase Age

The state of Maine has its first city that will be raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21, as the Portland City…

Mombacho Miami Corona Gorda

In 2004, Tabacalera Tropical, the company now known as Casa Fernández, released a cigar called Mombacho Thermonuclear named for the iconic stratovolcano in Nicaragua that…

La Gloria Cubana Adding Maduro Versions to Serie R Estelí and Serie R Black

There will be a new version of La Gloria Cubana’s Serie R Estelí and Serie R Black lines coming to retailers in early July, as…

Cigar Traveller CT30

One of the relatively minor inconveniences of being a cigar smoker who travels is that I’m not able to bring a torch lighter with me….