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Press Release: Moya Ruiz Cigars Adding 6 x 60 to La Jugada – Prieto Line

May 17, 2013 (Miami, Fla) — Moya Ruiz Cigars has announced they are adding a 6 x 60 vitola called Ancho to their La Jugada – Prieto line. The line is available in five sizes, Robusto (5 x 52), Belicoso (6-1/8 x 52), Toro (6 x 52), Doble Corona (7-1/2×49), and now Ancho (6 x [...]

News: Erik Espinosa Drops F-Bomb

In a video posted to the Espinosa Cigars Facebook page and website on Thursday night, Erik Espinosa announced a new vitola for the 601 La Bomba line, a 7 x 70 called the F-Bomb. The La Bomba F-Bomb comes with a MSRP of $9.99 per cigar and comes in 10-count boxes. It cigar has already begun [...]

Press Release: Espinosa Premium Cigars Announces Release of Espinosa Maduro

April 9, 2013 (Hialeah Gardens, Fla.) — Espinosa Premium Cigars is proud to announce the release of the long anticipated Espinosa Maduro. Coming off last year’s successful debut of the medium bodied Espinosa Habano, the Espinosa Maduro will be wrapped in a beautiful, smoothly textured, dark chocolate Mexican Maduro wrapper. Within this triple capped cigar [...]

News: Flor de Estelí Line Coming From La Zona

Erik Espinosa’s La Zona factory in Estelí, Nicaragua has its second public customer, Danny Moya & Nelson Ruiz’s Flor de Estelí. The brand, which will start with both a Habano and Maduro line follows Arandoza Cigars as the newest client brand for Espinosa’s factory, which is also now the home for 601 and Murcielago. Flor [...]

News: 601 & Murcielago Production Move to Two New Factories

It’s been three months since Erik Espinosa took control of the 601 and Murcielago brands after the dissolution of EO Brands, and he’s now confirmed to halfwheel that the popular 601 and Murcielago brands will now be made at his La Zona Factory in Estelí, Nicaragua, as well as Tabacalera Villa Cuba S.A. (TAVICUSA), the [...]

Weekly News (July 16, 2012)

Editor’s Note: A year ago Friday, July 20 to be more precise, Brooks and I sat down for dinner after the third day of IPCPR and we discussed the idea of halfwheel–or what was to become halfwheel. Like so many great ideas for the site, Brooks thought of it first and it took me a [...]

News: Espinosa & Ortega Split Up EO Brands

Erik Espinosa and Eddie Ortega are back in control of the 601, Cubao, Murcielago and more—but EO Brands is officially done. Two weeks after Rocky Patel informed retailers the company would no longer be handling distribution of the EO marks, United Tobacco/EO Brands has been bought back by the duo, divided and dissolved. Espinosa and [...]

News: Erik Espinosa Nears Shipping of Two New Lines

Erik Espinosa, head of Espinosa Premium Cigars, said he is nearing the shipping of his company’s debut release, which is offered in both an Ecuadorian Connecticut and Nicaraguan Habano wrapper. Espinosa says he expects to start shipping to retailers shortly and already has orders he needs to fulfill. Espinosa debuted a single size of the [...]

Weekly News (July 2, 2012)

Editor’s Note: Yesterday marked six months of halfwheel. Brooks and I still haven’t spoken at all about the relatively minor anniversary, but given each member of our staff once ran a cigar blog – six months is oftentimes a lot longer than most of these last. Over the next few weeks, particularly leading into IPCPR, [...]

News: Rocky Patel Ends Distribution of EO Brands

Rocky Patel has informed retailers that July 2 is the last day it will be distributing EO Brands. Patel took over distribution nearly two years ago after taking a stake in EO brands. Since then, Eddie Ortega has left United Tobacco/EO Brands to start his own brand and Erik Espinosa has launched his own cigar [...]