IPCPR 2015: What’s In My Bag — Brooks Whittington Edition
As you probably know by now, we are each writing a little about what we are carrying around in our bags as we cover the…
IPCPR 2015: What’s In My Bag – Brian Burt Edition
I’m the outlier of the halfwheel staff. The standard is a MacBook Pro and a Canon DSLR. I however have done things a little different,…
IPCPR 2015: What’s In My Bag — Patrick Lagreid Edition
This year the four members of halfwheel are giving you a peak inside the bags that we carry around to cover the show. So here’s what’s…
IPCPR 2015: Day 0 Recap
As we did last year, we are providing daily blogs from our staff at the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show highlighting their own individual observations. In…
Moving On (Down)
I’ve mentioned this story before, but it seems uniquely attached to this announcement and worth repeating. I remember a seminal moment for halfwheel: it was December 2011,…
Festival del Habano XVII: Day 5
The fifth and final day of the XVII Festival Habanos seemed like it might be a quiet day, but by the time the lights came…
Festival del Habano XVII: Day 4
Wednesday night wrapped up on a much tamer note than Monday did, with an elegant dinner in one of the halls at the El Laguito…
Festival del Habano XVII: Day 3
After a brief welcome to the day by Habanos S.A. executives that reiterated a few of the points from Monday’s press conference, the first seminar…
Festival del Habano XVII: Day 2
Day one of the Festival del Habano XVII wrapped up with a bang as the party moved to the Old Tobacco & Wood Warehouse in the…
ProCigar 2015: Bonus (Day 6)
I know, technically ProCigar ended Friday night, or early Saturday morning. Slightly later, and I mean slightly, Patrick Lagreid and I left the Gran Almirante…
Festival del Habano XVII: Day 1
It should come as no surprise that questions surrounding the future of Habanos S.A. as it pertains to the U.S. market would be among those…