A decade ago, a small number of people attending the Procigar Festival in the Dominican Republic were some of the first to smoke a brand...Read More

As someone who is fairly cognizant of the fact that you can’t have the same experience twice, I find myself tempering my excitement when I...Read More

A few weeks ago I was discussing with Brooks Whittington what cigar I was going to smoke for my upcoming redux review. I was struggling,...Read More

It would seem that everyone has had the experience of finding out that a person had a milestone birthday or a company celebrated a milestone...Read More

Over the years, Omar de Frias of Fratello Cigars has taken the opportunity to acknowledge what could be considered his home territory with limited edition...Read More

When Caldwell Cigar Co. launched the Eastern Standard Sungrown line in 2018, it shipped four regular production vitolas and one limited edition size. That size...Read More

The Chinese Zodiac calendar has fascinated people since it was first invented around 550 BC, so it was no surprise when a number of different...Read More

One thing that we at halfwheel are trying to do is be better about what cigars we are reduxing. We only do about 12 of these per...Read More

In the cigar industry, there is plenty of talk and discussion about pairings: certain types of tobacco with others, and of course certain cigars with...Read More

At the beginning of 2020, Tarazona released two brand new limited edition cigars that were named after Eddie Tarazona’s business partner, Mario Caraballo. The subject...Read More

Anniversaries tend to be a fairly big deal in the cigar industry, and as such, there seems to be a new blend—or a new size...Read More