Welcome to halfwheel, apparently your number one source in 2020 for cigar ashtray reviews. Unlike the last ashtray I reviewed, the HF Barcelona Melamine Grid Ashtray…

A short and stout Joya de Nicaragua Cuatro Cinco will head to Asian markets—specifically China, Hong Kong, Macau and Vietnam—next month. Joya de Nicaragua Cuatro…

Vector-KGM has announced a pair of new lighters that it expects to have on store shelves in the second half  of May. The Twister is…

In the final weeks of 2017, Davidoff of Geneva USA unveiled a new program called ACCESS, which would include the rerelease of rare and limited…

S.T.Dupont has added five new lighters to its Croco Dandy collection, all of which are heading to stores today. Croco Dandy draws inspiration from the…

Cigar companies will not have to submit substantial equivalence until Sept. 9, 2020. After weeks of procedural legal functions, an agreed-upon 120-day delay of the…

Régis Broersma will remain in charge of General Cigar Co. Scandinavian Tobacco Group—parent of General Cigar Co., Cigars International and others—announced that it would be…

Every year, without fail, fall comes around and three or four companies introduce smaller cigars as if they are the first ones to think to…

General Cigar Co. has been revamping its Hoyo de Monterrey brand and the newest Hoyo is now off to stores. The Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure…

After months of teasing, the Padilla Poética will debut next month. Poética is a new project from Ernesto Padilla, being made at the AJ Fernandez…

The smallest S.T.Dupont Line 2 is now in stores, the Line 2 Slim. It’s part of a revamp of the French company’s iconic Line 2…