Weekly News (October 22, 2012)

Editor’s Note: This past week was halfwheel’s most visited by a fairly large margin. I looked back at my notes from when halfwheel started and looked at what we as a staff were working on a year ago, it’s been a long year. Contest winners announced shortly.

• Savinelli Cigars to be Distributed by Laudisi — Story here.
• Tatuaje Apocalypse Pictures Emerge — Story here.
• Andrew Brennan Joins La Palina — Left LFD on Wednesday. Story here. >
• New Padilla Promotional Packs — We reported event packs in our story on the distribution change with Oliva.
• Mad/Dash Adds Alec Bradley — Press release here.
• Gurkha Wins Packaging Award — Press release here, my thoughts on the Gurkha 125th, including the bands, here.

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 have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.