Rocky Patel

In January 2022, Rocky Patel Premium Cigars added a fifth—and very small—vitola to its fairly new Disciple line. I take a look at the Rocky Patel Disciple Half Corona, a 3 1/2 x 46 vitola designed to provide a quick smoke.

Few companies approach new products launched at the annual PCA Convention & Trade Show with as predictable of a manner as Rocky Patel Premium Cigars,…

Here’s the obligatory opening line about a new cigar that is being released for a special occasion. You’ve read it before and I’ve written it…

During the 2021 PCA Convention & Trade Show, Rocky Patel showed off a new blend which is one of three new lines the company will…

It’s a story that’s been told on CNBC. The year was 1995 and a Los Angeles-based attorney named Rakesh “Rocky” Patel teamed up with Phil Zanghi to…

Five years ago, one of the most famous rollers in Cuba teamed up with one of the most well-known non-Cuban cigar manufacturers. That roller was…

In a year when something new seemingly got turned upside down every day, it would only make sense that winter would arrive in July. Not…

If you’ve been following the cigars reviewed on halfwheel for the last month or so, you’ve likely been rather familiar with a three-letter combination: T, A,…

Custom blends have been made for any number of different celebrations and events over the years, but one of the newest releases from Rocky Patel…

Last fall, as I was ordering cigars from Up Down Cigar of Chicago, Phil Ledbetter, the store’s manager, informed me that in addition to what…

There is something refreshing when a cigar maker just comes out and calls a cigar what it is, as Rocky Patel did last year with…