In December 2018, Crowned Heads debuted a new line named Juárez that was sold exclusively by Tampa-based retailer Thompson Cigar Co. After working with Ernesto Perez-Carrillo...Read More

I will be the first to admit that I don’t remember every cigar that I have ever smoked or every word I have written for...Read More

In 2019, the Cuban-made Trinidad brand celebrated its 50th anniversary. As is commonplace in the cigar industry, Habanos S.A. released a special cigar to mark...Read More

When it comes to polarizing words in the cigar industry, I’m not sure if there is any as polarizing as ACID. Since debuting 20 years...Read More

Every spring, the halfwheel staff starts to divvy up the list of IPCPR Convention & Trade Show exhibitors as to who will be covering what...Read More

Although it arrived a bit later than it was scheduled, the first La Gloria Cubana Edición Regional release for the country of Spain began hitting retailer’s...Read More

In 2016, Steve Saka’s Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust released a line the cigar world had been anticipating for nearly two years: Saka’s broadleaf cigar. That...Read More

With the Independence Day holiday just in the rearview mirror, it seemed fitting to revisit a cigar I lit up just prior to last year’s...Read More

While there have been a number of different cigars released under Habanos S.A.’s  Edición Regional program that have been the same size, it is not very...Read More

While Cohiba is undoubtedly the flagship of the Habanos S.A. portfolio, and Montecristo may very well have the best selling cigar in its iconic No.2...Read More

While Viaje is a company that has somewhat eschewed the idea of “regular production” cigars, it certainly has embraced the idea of “regular appearances.” The...Read More