Editorial

I’m sitting at my computer—or at least I was when I wrote this—and I thought to myself, “it’s mid-to-late June, when did I start TheCigarFeed again?”…

In January, Brooks Whittington and I (Charlie Minato) visited Davidoff’s operations in the Dominican Republic. It was an educational trip every day, but particularly the…

We are just a few weeks into spring and the cigar industry, as it always seems to do, is getting busier. Earlier today, we published a…

Last month, Brooks Whittington and I were invited to visit Davidoff’s expansive operations in the Dominican Republic as part of the company’s semi-regular trips for…

Yesterday, executives from Habanos S.A. told international media that the Cuban cigar company was waiting for the U.S. embargo to end and expected to “conservatively”…

It’s been two years since halfwheel’s last visit to the Tobacco Plus Convenience Expo (TPC), the annual two-day winter trade show geared towards convenience store operators but…

Puro Sabor, the Nicaraguan cigar festival has been a fascinating saga to watch unfold these last few years. Nicaragua, more specifically the city of Estelí,…

Last year, I said it was hard to believe it was the fourth iteration of this annual column. It’s even harder to believe this is…

At the start of every year since 2011, my colleague and halfwheel co-founder Charlie Minato has posted an editorial containing ten questions that he feels the…

Last week, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) updated its regulatory calendar, including a small update to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA)…

If you opened up the latest JR Cigar catalog, you probably noticed something is different. If you went on jrcigars.com, you probably noticed something is…