Jas Sum Kral Expanding CBD-Infused Nuggs Line

At this month’s TPE 2020 trade show, Jas Sum Krall will take orders new sizes to its Nuggs line, a premium cigar infused with CBD….

Arturo Fuente Plans Hemingway, OpusX ForbiddenX Gift Sets for PCA 2020

Arturo Fuente will offer retailers who attend this year’s PCA Trade Show & Convention the opportunity to purchase what the company is describing as eight…

The Top 25 Cigars of 2019

The 25 best cigars of any given year are, as would be implied, very good cigars. There’s always a recency bias that takes place when…

Live: Top 25 Cigars of 2019 (12:00 P.M. CST)

Live from Dallas, we unveil our Top 25 Cigars of 2019. Join Brooks Whittington, Patrick Lagreid and myself as we broadcast live from the halfwheel office….

Southern Draw Cedrus Lancero Debuting at TPE 2020

Southern Draw Cigars is finally ready to release its Cedrus Lancero. The company has announced that it will begin taking orders for the Southern Draw…

Lars Tetens Serie D Robusto

Outside of a cigar company announcing it was for sale, there wasn’t a singular announcement in 2019 that generated quite the buzz like the reintroduction…

Quesada Cigars Increasing Prices as of Feb. 1

Quesada Cigars has begun informing retailers that it will be taking a price increase to a number of its lines effective Feb. 1. The increase…

Espinosa Creates The Big Game Cigars for Smoke Inn

With a certain football game coming up, Espinosa Cigars has created a four-pack of football-shaped cigars as an exclusive for Smoke Inn. Dubbed The Big…

2019 Awards: Packaging Top 10

It’s the prettiest of all the awards. As we do every year, it’s time to recognize what the writers of halfwheel thought were the best packaging…

Live: Packaging Awards 2019

Join Brooks, Patrick and myself live from the halfwheel office as we unveil our top 10 packaging awards for 2019. The show starts at 12 p.m….

Oklahoma Legislature to Consider Tobacco 21 Bill

An Oklahoma state senator has pre-filed a bill for the upcoming legislative session that will bring the state’s laws regarding the minimum age to purchase…