IPCPR 2016: Day 1 Recap
The first day of the 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show is in the bag, and here are some of the things I have heard…
IPCPR 2016: What’s In My Bag – Charlie Minato Edition
It’s back, everyone’s favorite segment of the year. What’s in your bag. My haul is a bit of old and new, notably a new bag. I…
IPCPR 2016: Day 0 Recap
For the past week or so, I’ve been getting more and more convinced that this was going to be by far the most unique IPCPR…
IPCPR 2016: The halfwheel Guide
Exhaustive. Our staff would like to make about two hours worth of exhaustion jokes, but exhaustive was the goal of this post. For months, our entire team has been making…
What is IPCPR 2016?
Two weeks. The 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show is officially two weeks away. At 9:30 a.m. local time on July 25, the first attendees…
Some Thoughts on halfwheel.com/fda
On Friday, we published the updated version of halfwheel.com/fda. Our updated guide is a comprehensive look at the regulations, albeit, in language that can be understood and…
Announcing Our New Partnership With Kiss My Ash Radio
A month or so ago Abe Dababneh, the host of Kiss My Ash Radio and proprietor of South Florida-based Smoke Inn, contacted me asking if we…
Editor’s Note: May 6, 2016
Yesterday was not a good day for cigar smokers. It was not a good day for everyone working in this business. It certainly wasn’t my…
Announcement: New Commenting Platform
When halfwheel launched, it was the first cigar blog I know of that used Livefyre. At the time, commenting platforms were still getting going and Livefyre…
Cigar Festival Recaps: 2016 Edition
Once again, we traveled to three different cigar festivals in the major cigar-producing countries: Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. Last year we made an…
Festival del Habano XVIII: Getting Home
After writing my day-by-day posts of the actual events during the Festival del Habano XVIII, I thought I would take a little time to put down…