Today, we celebrate our favorite cigar packaging designs of 2024. The post 2024 Awards: Packaging Top 10 appeared first on halfwheel.
The Packaging Awards dates back to Smoking Stogie, one of the predecessors of this site. Tune in to see Brooks, Patrick and me unveil halfwheel’s favorite cigar packaging of 2024. The post Watch: Packaging Awards 2024 (12:00 P.M. CST) appeared first on halfwheel.
After a preview last fall, the La Galera Al Majles is now on sale in the Middle East. It’s the first exclusive for the region from La Galera. The post La Galera Al Majles Goes on Sale in the Middle East appeared first on halfwheel.
Buffalo Trace Distillery Prohibition Collection Series #2 will be available on Jan. 15 exclusively through Scandinavian Tobacco Group. The 6 x 52 release is limited to 750 individually numbered boxes available online at Cigora and via invitation from Meier and Dutch as the exclusive distributor. The Buffalo Trace Distillery Prohibition Collection Series #2 cigars offers […]
As with many of Viaje’s releases, details are scarce about the new line. It is scheduled to ship to retailers on Tuesday, Jan. 21. The post Viaje Announces Vampire Dust appeared first on halfwheel.
The Rocky Patel Decade Reserve is offered in a single 6 1/2 x 52 box-pressed toro vitola. It will get a debut at this month’s TPE 2025 trade show in Las Vegas. The post Phillips & King Showing Off Rocky Patel Decade Reserve at TPE 2025 appeared first on halfwheel.
The new Eleven50 Cigar Pick aims to be a more elegant solution to a problem many cigar smokers run into: trying to smoke the cigar without burning your fingers. It will be at cigar shops in the coming weeks. The post Wood and Water Introduces Eleven50 Cigar Pick appeared first on halfwheel.
While a Florida ballot measure allowing recreational cannabis use by adults did not pass, a state senator seeks to prevent people from lighting up anything in most public places. Like Florida’s ban on smoking at public beaches, cigars would be exempt. The post Florida Senator Introduces Bill Banning Smoking in Public Places, Cigars Exempt appeared […]
The Cigar Smoking World Championship will partner with Oliva Cigar Company for the 2025 slow smoking competition. “After 15 incredible years of showcasing the best-made cigars as Macanudo and Rocky Patel cigars, bringing together the world’s top smokers, it only feels right to continue in that direction and to partner with one of the most […]
Each year, we recognize a company whose success stood out to us as writers. This year, the winner was unanimous. The post 2024 Awards: Company of the Year appeared first on halfwheel.