Awards

The statistical analysis of a highly imperfect system is back. For the last four years we’ve published The Consensus, a statistical analysis of combining all the…

Statistically, this past year was fascinating as far as the quality of cigars in relation to this site’s ratings. The staff is pretty much in…

There is no strict set of guidelines as to what makes a company rise to the level of being deserving of this award; it is…

As we’ve done for the past few years, it’s the end of another year and time to reevaluate the best of what the cigar industry…

It was an interesting year for new cigar companies. We as a staff probably spent more time determining what the rules were for eligibility than…

We aren’t into turning any of these yearly awards into any more posts than they need to be, although we do appreciate breaking it up,…

Since this site started, there has not been a more intriguing feature than this one. The concept is simple: record every known best cigars lists…

After over 250 cigars, the staff of halfwheel took more than 30 of the highest rated new cigars of 2013, smoked and ordered them individually….

This seems familiar. As we mentioned earlier today, we changed how we determined the factory and brand/company of the year. This year, we voted amongst…

This year, we made a decision to vote on company and factory of the year, as opposed to simply relying on scores. The decision was…

While you can definitely make the case that this was not the strongest crop of candidates for new brand of the year, the packaging in…