Procigar 2017: Day 1
As Patrick Lagreid mentioned yesterday, Monday started out in a Dominican night club called Coco Bongo, which apparently is a chain—learn something new everyday. After…
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…
Puro Sabor 2017: Day 5
The second full day of Estelí got off to a similarly early start as the day before. I am going to be honest, I had…
TPE 2017: Day 2 + Conclusion
My morning started out quiet early: 6:30 a.m. to be exact. While I’m sure we would have sent someone to cover Tobacco Plus Expo, my…
Puro Sabor 2017: Day 4
My Thursday morning started off with a visit to the My Father Cigars S.A. factory, an impressive facility right on the Panamerican Highway that I…
Puro Sabor 2017: Day 3
At some point, a bus ride to Estelí was in order. Wednesday morning was the day. Our buses were quickly joined by La Policía Nacional,…
TPE 2017: Day 1
I spent five minutes thinking to myself: was the live alpaca the weirdest thing I saw at TPE today? And with that, a few thoughts about…
Puro Sabor 2017: Day 2
While there were plenty of cigars smoked on the second day of Puro Sabor 2017, the day was more about experiencing some of the Granada…
TPE 2017: Day 0
Hello from Las Vegas. It’s the latest stop on my seemingly never-ending travel circus. I’m here for the 2017 Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE), which begins…
Puro Sabor 2017: Day 1
Last week, Patrick Lagreid and I went to the Puro Sabor festival in Nicaragua. It’s the Nicaraguan cigar festival and we are providing coverage, broken up…
A Word on Our “2016” List
In a few hours, halfwheel’s list of the top 25 cigars for 2016 will be published. I’ve spent the last few months trying to figure out how…
