Oveja Negra Brands—the parent company of Black Label Trading Co. and Black Works Studio—has announced that it has added distribution for Belgium and Luxembourg via Media Rueda, B.V.

“After entering the German market a couple of years ago, we have been humbled by the incredible reception our cigars have received,” said James Brown, founder of Oveja Negra Brands. “Pieter and his partners have been amazing supporters of what we do and I’m looking forward to working with him in the Belgium market.”

Note: halfwheel’s holding company is called Rueda Media, LLC. “half wheel” translates in Spanish to “media rueda.” Given our media nature, we opted to reverse the words because it makes more sense in English. Media Rueda, B.V. is an entirely separate entity that we are neither involved with, nor knew about until today.

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Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.