And now for something completely different. If the halfwheel staff was asked to rank its collective favorite restaurant, my money would be on Tei-an. And if I...Read More

Patrick Lagreid suggested my coverage of the InterTabac Trade Fair could be improved, particularly when it came to focusing on the new products that debut...Read More

Cigars. Champagne. Whisky. Japanese cuisine. Dallas. These are a few of my favorite things. Also, there is an event that involves all of them and halfwheel....Read More

I’m a bit pressed for time, but here’s a very quick rundown of some first impressions of InterTabac 2019 before I head to a dinner...Read More

I don’t think there’s ever been a build up to InterTabac quite like the first four days of this week. For the eighth year in...Read More

And so another Festival del Habano has come and gone. In some aspects, my fourth trip to the tiny island of Cuba was not my...Read More

Unfortunately, my final full day in Havana started much the same as the last day did: with me throwing up. I was still sick—albeit not...Read More

As much as I would like to write that my fourth day in Cuba started the same as the others, that was not the case....Read More

In case you missed it, I was exhausted pretty much all of Thursday. On that note, Friday didn’t start much better. That being said, I...Read More

I woke up a bit later than normal on my third full day in Cuba—and by later, I mean 7 a.m.—but quickly got everything ready...Read More

The good news is that I slept through my alarm without waking up Wednesday night, something that was a constant problem due to an air...Read More