Cuba

Outside of why is it called halfwheel?, the question I get asked the most is some version of, are Cuban cigars the best? For many years, my…

Since the first Cuban cigar brand was registered in 1797—the brand was named Cabañas—the landscape of Cuban marcas has been littered with the graves of…

There are a handful of halfwheel traditions, none of them have a longer history than this one. Ten Questions started before halfwheel under a simple premise: what were…

As many do this time of year, it is time to once again look back upon the year coming to a close. But in this…

Cuba’s famed Pinar del Río—the country’s most famous tobacco-growing region—will have a smaller than anticipated tobacco crop this year due to a fertilizer shortage. Granma,…

When it comes to looking for the interesting aspects of a cigar release, some are more of a challenge to turn up than others. Yet…

In April, Pacific Cigar Ltd. hosted the debut of the first Edición Regional release for Malaysia. The San Cristóbal de La Habana Harimau Malaya is…

There is a new Edición Regional release arriving on the shelves of Brazilian cigar retailers, as Emporium Cigars has released the El Rey del Mundo…

In November 2019, Habanos S.A. joined the list of cigar companies making Zodiac calendar-inspired cigars with the Romeo y Julieta Maravillas 8, a 6 1/10 (155mm) x…

If there’s been one fairly common topic in my recent conversations about what Habanos S.A. has been releasing, it’s that the new cigars all seem…

I spend quite a bit of time trying to make sure that none of halfwheel’s reviewers are reviewing the same brand of cigars consecutively. Typically that…