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halfwheel.com launched Jan. 1, 2012. Its content includes the archives of TheCigarFeed.com and SmokingStogie.com, sites previously published by co-founders Charlie Minato and Brooks Whittington. It combined the obsessive industry news coverage of TheCigarFeed and the in-depth reviews of SmokingStogie into a singular place for those passionate about cigars. For 2014 our goal is simple: we want to be the place where people in the cigar industry turn to daily. There are plenty of shop owners who start their day with coffee, a cigar and our daily morning emails—this year is all about growing that audience. We believe that by providing a combination of in-depth news, high-quality reviews and editorial content we can easily become that site. More importantly, we believe that we will reach the most coveted end consumers on the market by becoming the site known as the blog where people in the industry find their news. Source

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Cayman Cigar Co. Tortuga

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By Patrick Lagreid
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Cayman,  Cigars,  Limited Edition,  Nicaragua,  Reviews When your cigar company is named after the Cayman Islands, it only makes sense to name a cigar after one of the islands’ most famous residents: the tortuga. Tortuga is the Spanish word for turtle or tortoise, so it’s a generic term for the roughly five species of turtles who make the Cayman Islands their home. The animals are so plentiful that Christopher Columbus originally dubbed the Cayman Islands as Las Tortugas back in 1503.
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RoMa Craft Tobac Slates El Catador de Los Gran Toros for November

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By Charlie Minato Verified
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Around Thanksgiving, RoMa Craft Tobac will release a new sampler full of toros, two of which will be new. The El Catador de los Gran Toros follows in a long line of El Catador samplers for RoMa Craft. As it has done in the past, these samplers will contain each of the company’s blends in a single vitola. This time it’s the 6 x 54 toro extra vitola. Last year, RoMa Craft Tobac replaced the 5 1/2 x 54 belicoso vitola in its four Intemperance blends with the toro.
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Liga Tridente’s Rosado Churchill and Connecticut Robusto Arrive at Stores

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By Patrick Lagreid
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The two newest cigars from Liga Tridente, the brand started by entertainer Marlon Wayans, have begun arriving at retailers across the country. The first new release is the Liga Tridente Rosado Churchill, a 7 x 46 vitola which uses a rosado oscuro wrapper, a criollo 98 binder, and fillers from Colombia alongside a habano-seed varietal. Other than disclosing the Colombian tobacco in the filler, the origins of the other tobacco isn’t being disclosed.
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Matilde Serena Perla Goes on Sale in Germany

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By Charlie Minato Verified
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The Matilde Serena line has a new vitola, the blend’s smallest size to date. It’s the Matilde Serena Perla, a 4 x 40 petit corona. The Serena is a regular production line that debuted a decade ago. It uses an Ecuadorian Connecticut-seed wrapper over a Dominican binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. The cigars are rolled at Tabacalera Palma in the Dominican Republic.
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Bolívar Evento 55 Coming to France in Mid-July

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By Patrick Lagreid
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France will soon be getting a new Edición Regional release, as the Bolívar Evento 55 is scheduled to be on store shelves in mid-July. It is a 5 1/2 (140mm) x 52 robusto extra, a size known as the Genios in the Cuban cigar portfolio. It’s a size that has been used for numerous other Edición Regional releases, but is perhaps best known for being used for the Cohiba Genios, part of the brand’s maduro line.
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Illinois Gets 75-cent Cigar Tax Cap, Remote Seller Change

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By Charlie Minato Verified
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Yesterday, Gov. JB Pritzker passed a $56 billion budget deal, which included it in are multiple changes to how cigars are taxed in the state. The good news is that beginning Jan. 1, 2027, there will be a 75-cent cap on the excise taxes for cigars, excluding little cigars. This will mean lower prices for virtually every handmade cigar sold in the state.
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Creature from Tatuaje Shipping Later This Month

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By Charlie Minato Verified
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A new cigar that would seem like it should be arriving in three months is just a week or two away from showing up at stores. Creature from Tatuaje, a cigar that is part of the larger Monster Series family, though it is not officially one of the 13 main Monster Series releases, is set to arrive in the coming weeks. The cigar is a 6 7/8 x 52 perfecto that is made entirely of Nicaraguan tobacco and made at My Father Cigars S.A. in Estelí, Nicaragua.
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Bocock Brothers Release Michigan 2026 National Championship Cigar

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By Charlie Minato Verified
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Fans of the Wolverines, there’s a cigar for you. Bocock Brothers, a Houston-based company that has largely pivoted to making officially-licencesed collegiate cigars, has started shipping its latest release, made in honor of the University of Michigan’s 2026 NCAA men’s basketball championship. The Bocock Brothers Michigan 2026 National Championship is a 6 x 52 toro that uses a Honduran maduro wrapper over a Honduran binder and fillers from Honduras, Nicaragua and Paraguay.
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Viaje Birthday Blend 2026, Honey Bale Shipping Next Week

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By Charlie Minato Verified
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There’s a new shipment from Viaje shipping next week, included in it is the first cigar from an all-new line from the company. The Viaje Honey Bale is a new Nicaraguan-made brand. While a company spokesperson declined to answer questions about the blend or which factory is making the cigar, a post on social media explains the inspiration for the new release. “In every harvest, most bales meet expected standards of aroma, texture, and consistency,” said the company.
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Powstanie War Bear 250th American Anniversary Shipping This Week

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By Charlie Minato Verified
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The Powstanie War Bear 2025 is back. This time, the cigar is going by the official name of Powstanie 250th American Anniversary War Bear and will come in boxes that pay tribute to the 250th anniversary of the founding of America. Functionally, the cigar is the same as last year’s release. It’s a 5 5/8 x 60 perfecto that uses a baber pole combination of Ecuadorian habano and Mexican San Andrés wrappers over an Indonesian binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua.
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