Holy Grail Week

Holy Grail Week 2019 kicks off with a cigar that might have some people wondering why we’re we’re reviewing it, since OneOff just came out…

The phrase before my time certainly isn’t something that pertains to most articles I write for halfwheel, and while one or two have been, even Holy…

It’s arguably one of the most storied releases in the history of General Cigar Co.: the Partagas 150. The line celebrated the 150th anniversary of…

In 2005, J.C. Newman Cigar Co. celebrated its 110th anniversary by releasing a limited number of humidors filled with very unique cigars. Each humidor contained 40…

It wasn’t Viaje’s first cigar line, it wasn’t the line that got the company end-of-year praise from Cigar Aficionado in 2010, but I’d be willing to argue…

Last year, Davidoff released the Master Selection Series, a collection of six cigars based on the cigars Eladio Diaz makes to celebrate his birthday. Diaz…

Sometime in the 1980’s Cubatabaco—the predecessor of Habanos S.A., which did not exist at that time—gave a special license to Tabacalera Spain, now known as Altadis,…

For many years, a Cuban Davidoff lancero was one of the cigars I most wanted to smoke. My fascination with lanceros is well-documented on this…

In December 2007, Sasja van Horssen debuted the first of what would be come an annual release of cigars to honor his brother, who passed…

While the name may say anniversary, this cigar is all about a birthday, that of Cano A. Ozgener. For those not familiar with Ozgener, he…

In 2013, Pete Johnson of Tatuaje posted a picture of an unusual gold and white band on Instagram with the comment “Musubi!” By now, Tatuaje fans already…