Dominican Republic

Since most releases that are shown off at the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show are known weeks or months in advance, there are very few…

Earlier this year I reviewed the Cabal Event Short Robusto, that, as the name suggests, is only available at Cabal Cigars events. The first event…

Every year since 2012, Davidoff has released a cigar based on the Chinese zodiac calendar, with each cigar named after the corresponding animal. Next year…

For much of the latter half of 2015, La Flor Dominicana has been on a tear of new product shipments. It’s come in the form of…

In August 2015, Charlie Minato introduced a new Dominican-only brand to readers of halfwheel by way of his review of the Chogüí Primera Edición, a cigar…

2015 marked the 100th anniversary of Thompson Cigar, the Tampa, Fla. retailer that is best known for its significant online and catalog business, but whose history…

In 2011, Quesada introduced a new German beer themed line called the Oktoberfest. Since its introduction, the Oktoberfest line has received many new sizes including…

Since debuting in 2008, the Casa Magna brand has evolved quite impressively; starting with the original Casa Magna Colorado that was heralded as Manuel Quesada’s…

After having a long career in the tobacco industry that included a very successful time with Altadis USA, José Seijas retired from the company in…

In February 2014, Epic Cigars officially launched with two different lines, the Corojo Reserva incorporating a Ecuadorian corojo wrapper and the Maduro Reserva which uses a…

In a market crowded with thousands of offerings, there will always be great products that for whatever reason, don’t sell or attract enough of an…