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…
ProCigar 2015: Day 5
Rain was the theme of day five of the 2015 ProCigar Festival in Santiago, Dominican Republic. It started late Thursday night and continued into most…
ProCigar 2015: Day 4
I spent day four (Thursday) of ProCigar 2015 on one of the more interesting tours, split between Corporación Cigar Export (CCE) and Quesada Cigars. Or at…
ProCigar 2015: Day 3
After starting in La Romana, day three of the 2015 ProCigar Festival was the first that took attendees to the factories in and around Santiago,…
ProCigar 2015: Day 1 & 2
Getting the internet here in Santiago to cooperate has been somewhat of a struggle picture-wise, but for those wondering why halfwheel has been a little quieter than…
Blog: On the Collections, and Serie Vs
Regular readers of halfwheel are probably familiar with the Collections. It describes our ever-growing library of cigar lines that we keep to photograph in order to…
Regular Production Reviews Coming in 2015
(Editor’s Note: A version of this post first appeared in the December version of The Newsletter.) Ashton Symmetry, Padrón Family Reserve No. 50 and the…
Another (Holy Grail Week)
Three years ago today, halfwheel.com went live. A lot has changed since then, but there are a few traditions we’d like to keep alive. One…
