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

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

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

While nothing can make up for a cigar made with high quality, well cared for tobacco, a cigar with a bit of a backstory is...Read More

We have two types of redux reviews on halfwheel. One is the classical redux, where we go back and review an aged sample of a cigar...Read More

Cigars have long been used to commemorate the life of a person: many cigars are named for people, lines have been released in  celebration of...Read More

In 2018, the García family celebrated a pair of notable anniversaries: the 10th anniversary of My Father Cigars Inc., as well as the 15th anniversary...Read More

A few days ago, Brooks Whittington and I were having a conversation during which on of us brought up Illusione. And with that, I had...Read More

In November 2018, General Cigar Co. shipped the first incarnation of the Cohiba Spectre, a 7 1/4 x 54 Churchill extra that included a number of...Read More

As I was looking for an interesting opening for this redux, I had to look back to see when Crowned Heads’ first cigar, Headley Grange,...Read More

A few weeks ago, after the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series, one of the people I follow on Instagram put up a picture...Read More