In 2014, Illusione Cigars released its first creation carrying the white on blue Cigars Privé branding, which translates into private cigars from French. Named MC Slam—the MC...Read More

Connecticut shade-wrapped blends are not exactly rare in the world of cigars; in fact, the wrapper is currently being grown in most of of the major...Read More

In May 2013, Kristoff released the first vitola in a new limited edition that was initially sold exclusively to members of the Tobacconists’ Association of...Read More

First came The Hulk, followed by Bruce Banner, then Johnny Blaze, Ghost Rider and Mephisto. No, these were not the members of a new Marvel...Read More

For good reason, there has been a lot of talk about the past year and a half, and how 2020 and potentially 2021 will be...Read More

In 2019, Altadis U.S.A. announced the first blend in a brand new three-part series to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Trinidad brand, each of...Read More

Considering the country’s history with tobacco, it may be tempting to assume that just about any brand of Cuban cigar has been in existence for...Read More

One thing that we at halfwheel are trying to do is be better about what cigars we are reduxing. We only do about 12 of these per...Read More

When I got the first press release for a new company called ACE Prime, which at that point was getting stylized as A.C.E. Prime, it...Read More

Late last year, Cavalier Genève announced that it would have a 2020 version of its annual Limited Edition. Simply called the Cavalier Genève Limited Edition...Read More

A good chunk of the cigar industry is made up of family businesses like J.C. Newman is. Regardless of the ownership situation, a good number...Read More