Ramón Allones Belicoso

Before Habanos S.A. officially had the Edición Regional program that is so ubiquitous now, there was the Ramón Allones Belicoso. Debuting in 2005 and only available in…

Weekly News (Oct. 31, 2016)

Cigar News Alec Bradley’s Medio Fuerte Liga de Reyes Surfaces Altadis U.S.A. Raising Prices Black Label Trading Co. Ships Santa Muerte Crowned Heads Previewing Luminosa…

Particulares #1

Cigar brands come and cigar brands go. But once in a while a cigar brand comes back, and sometimes it’s for another attempt to get…

Yolo County, Calif. Passes Ban on Flavored Tobacco

By next spring, sales of all flavored tobacco products will be illegal in the unincorporated parts of Yolo County, Calif., located just northwest of Sacramento….

FDA Publishes Draft Guidance for Ingredient Listing Requirement

Today, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) published draft guidance on its new rules that will require manufacturers and/or importers to disclose the ingredients…

Randolph, Mass. Joins Tobacco21 Movement with Purchase Age Increase

Add the town of Randolph to the list of more than 130 Massachusetts municipalities to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21-years-old,…

MBombay Vintage Reserve Lancero 1973

I’ve smoked a lot of lanceros, hundreds of different ones in fact. They aren’t big sellers and a lot of that has to do with…

Adams, Mass. Board of Health Raises Tobacco Purchase Age to 21

The Adams, Mass. Board of Health has approved an increase to the minimum age to purchase tobacco products, voting unanimously on Tuesday to raise it…

Edolara Cigars Shutting Down

Just a few months after releasing his company’s second release, Eduardo De Lara of Edolara Cigars, SRL, has decided to exit the cigar business and…

El Artista Ships Big Papi

Tobacco & Cigar Distribution Corporation, the distribution company for the Tabacalera El Artista S.R.L., has announced that it has begun the full release of the…

Yute

Regular readers of halfwheel will likely have picked up on a growing trend of cigars previously released only in the Dominican market coming to the U.S….