Miscellaneous

Last year, we had a three-way tie for this award. This year, some of us considered whether even giving out the recognition made sense. As…

The award for the best cigar factory in 2019 was nearly unanimous. Unlike our other awards this year, it was very close or even tough…

Before we start handing out the awards, I thought it would be interesting to review some of the statistics from our 2019 cigars reviews. If…

On paper, 2019 will be a big year for halfwheel. That’s how last year’s version of this article started. In it, I said that we…

Every January since this site started, we have published something called The Consensus. The idea was to see what would happen if I took all of…

A couple weeks ago I talked with Rob Jones of Cigar Talk, a podcast that talks about cigars. Rob contacted me right around the time of some big…

Earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Health passed H.R. 2339, the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019. The bill includes…

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…

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…

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….

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…