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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.

Neanderthal HoxD

Contrary to what you see when you walk in your local retailer’s humidor, there is a demand for smaller vitolas, and companies are responding to…

Quai d’Orsay Robusto Diplomatico Expected in France By Year’s End

There’s a good chance that the 2015 Edición Regional for France may actually make it to retail by the end of the year, something that…

Viaje TNT (2015)

Since debuting in 2010, the Viaje TNT has been one of the company’s staple limited editions, generally showing up in early summer along with a…

VegaFina Nicaragua Expands Internationally with 8-9-8

Altadis is growing its VegaFina Nicaragua line, but the latest addition isn’t coming to the United States–at least not yet. The VegaFina Nicaragua 8-9-8 was…

Percy Ray Cigars Coming from Nate McIntyre

Nate McIntyre, the Eastern U.S. sales manager for Cubanacan Cigars, has announced that he will be branching out with his own cigar line later this…

Tobacco Retailer License Still Possible in Sonoma County, Calif.

Legislators in Sonoma County, Calif. are still not sure whether they will implement a new $630 annual fee on the 140 or so tobacco retailers…

Casper, Wyo. Voters to Decide Smoking Ban’s Future

While it looked like the Casper City Council was on track to repeal the city’s previous smoking bans, at a special meeting on Tuesday night…

FedEx Ending Tobacco Shipping Next Year

FedEx has announced that it will stop shipping tobacco products within the United States as of Jan. 5, 2016, the result of what the company…

Grandview Heights, Ohio Increases Tobacco Purchase and Consumption Age to 21 (Update)

Soon it will not only be illegal for a purchase under the age of 21 to purchase a tobacco product, but also to be in…

La Flor Dominicana Ships La Nox

La Flor Dominicana has shipped one of its headlining new releases from this summer’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, La Nox. The new line goes…

Viva Republica Advanced Warfare Corona

For the follow up to 2013’s Guerrilla Warfare, Jason Holly of Viva Republica took an approach not often seen in the cigar industry: keeping the…