Weekly News (Feb. 9, 2015)

Cigar News

• 1502 Coronas Shipping
• AKA Cigars Teases Something Gigantic

• Aquitaine Epoch Heads to En Fuego Cigars & Lounge
• Balmoral Creates Year of the Goat
• Blanco Cigar Co. Appoints Robbie Strietz Director of Sales
• New Blanco Cigars Release?

• Crowned Heads Ships Jericho Hill Shots — Original story here.
• Crowned Heads Sends Paniolo Especial 2015 to R. Field Wine Co.
• Davidoff Announces Hourglass Lounge Concierge Program
• Davidoff Picks Houston for New Flagship
• Fratello Releases H-Town Lancero — Review here.
• JFR Lunatic Mambo Shipping
• Quai D’Orsay Profile Trimmed to a Single Vitola
• Romeo y Julieta RyJ Corona Coming
• Room101 Master Collection Three Ships —  Review here.
• Viva Republica Ships Guerilla Warfare

Trademark News

• Conspiracy Inc. (Room101) has filed a trademark for “CHIEF COOL ARROW”

Legislation

• H.R. 662 Introduced to Exempt Premium Cigars from FDA Control
• FDA Commissioner Stepping Down

• Kentucky Smoking Ban Moves Forward
• Nebraska Cigar Lounge Moves One Step Forward
• Ohio Governor Proposes Tobacco Tax Increases
• Rhode Island Purchasing Age Could Increase to 21
• Utah Tobacco Purchasing Age Could Increase
• Wyoming Tobacco Taxes Not Increasing

• Boulder, Colo. Expands Smoking Ban
• Cambridge, Mass. Raises Minimum Purchasing Age to 21
• Conway, S.C. Modified Smoking Ban Increases Move Forward
• Nixa, Mo. Gets New Smoking
• Winoa, Minn. Avoids Park Smoking Ban

Deals From Our Sponsors

• Atlantic Cigar Co. — Punch Rare Corojo 2015 Limited Edition Rare Lapiz (Box of 10, $70.95)
• Cigar Hustler — La Flor Dominicana 20th Anniversary Beer Stein (Stein of 20, $225)
• Cigars.com — La Finca (Ammo Box of 91, $109.95)
• Elite Cigar Cafe — General Cigar Co. TV Raffle (Five Cigars, one ticket, Box of 20 or more, six raffle tickets) Details in link.
• Emerson’s Cigars — Davidoff Winston Churchill Churchill (Box of 20, $340.99)
• JR Cigars — Illusione Rothchildes (Box of 50, $234)
• Lone Star State Cigar Co. — Tatuaje Event (Featuring Pete Johnson, KC Johnson & Dan Welsh. Sponsored by Dewar’s), Feb. 20, 2015.
• Serious Cigars — Quesada Keg (Keg of 21, $149.95)
• STOGIES World Class Cigars — Fratello H-Town Lancero (Boxes of 20, $144.50)

Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I handle the editing of our written content, the majority of the technical aspects of the site and work with the rest of our staff on content management, business development and more. I’ve lived in most corners of the country and now entering my second stint in Dallas, Texas. I enjoy boxing, headphones, the Le Mans 24-hour, wearing sweatshirts year-round and gyros. echte liebe.