General Cigar Co.

The new La Gloria Cubana Serie S will begin shipping next week. It uses a Mexican San Andrés wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua.

There are three new flavors of M by Macanudo heading to stores next month. Each is offered in a 6 x 50 toro size.

The newly-reworked Sancho Panza, which was in the Room101 booth at the 2022 PCA Convention & Trade Show, is now heading to stores.

Two of the world’s largest cigar companies are battling over whether STG’s CAO BX3 violates Arturo Fuente’s OpusX trademarks.

The following is a list of companies that have confirmed to halfwheel that they are not exhibiting at the 2022 PCA Convention & Trade Show. All…

The upgraded warehouse will not only fulfill orders placed at Cigars International, Cigar.com, CigarBid and Thompson. General Cigar Co.’s warehouse operation is moving to Pennsylvania.

The Macanudo Inspirado Jamao’s wrapper is a habano seed from the Jamastran Valley in Honduras that was planted in Mao, Dominican Republic.

While not a Brazilian puro, the new BX3 uses tobaccos from Brazil for its wrapper, its binder and part of its filler blend.

Room101 Cigars has a new owner, Scandinavian Tobacco Group, and Matt Booth has a new job title.

Brooks Whittington gave the original Cohiba Serie M Toro high marks, now it’s time to see if the Toro Extra, err, “Corona Gorda” size of the Miami-made Cohiba matches up.

Illusione and General Cigar Co. are collaborating for a new, limited edition Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur.