News: Chesapeake Cigar Company Gets Exclusive La Aurora 107

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Chesapeake Cigar Company in Edgewater, Md. has announced that they will soon be receiving a store exclusive size of the La Aurora 107, an 8 x 60 vitola called the Reverend Mike. The cigar is named for the store’s owner, Mike Lohsl, and will be officially released on his birthday, March 18. There will also [...]

Weekly News (February 27, 2012)

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Editor’s Note: This past week halfwheel launched its own blog. While the posts will not appear on the front page, they will show up if you subscribe to the RSS feed and/or get updates via e-mail. As explained here, the purpose of the blog will be to better have a dialogue with the readers about [...]

Review: La Aurora 107 Maduro Gran 107 (2011)

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The La Aurora 107 Maduro was formally announced shortly after IPCPR 2010. After a fairly successful La Aurora 107 launch, Guillermo León, José Blanco and the Miami Cigar & Co. team sought to capitalize on the line’s popularity. Unfortunately, the cigar continued to remain a mystery through much of 2011, as the delays continued to pile [...]

Weekly News (January 16, 2012)

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Editor’s Note: So those eighteen posts were what could be described as the first normal week at halfwheel. I am happy to announced that we have added Patrick Lagreid to the halfwheel team. All of us are pleased to have Patrick here and we think he is going to be a perfect fit for what we are [...]

Review: La Aurora 107 Puro Vintage (Prerelease)

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On December 9, 2011, Buckhead Cigar Club held their second annual ATL Tweet-Up. This year’s featured guests were Guillermo León of La Aurora and Jason Wood of Miami Cigar & Co. That Friday, La Aurora showed off two unofficial additions to the La Aurora 107 line: the La Aurora 107 Puro Vintage and the La [...]

News: La Aurora 107 Puro Vintage To Be Limited Edition (Exclusive)

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Miami Cigar & Co. confirmed that a seventh size would be added to the La Aurora 107 Line, the 107 Puro Vintage. While the name may change, the concept won’t. Take the Puro Vintage 2003 mold (7 1/4 x 52 Salomon) and the La Aurora Serie Aniversario 107 blend and make a gigantic limited edition [...]

Weekly News (December 12, 2011)

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Editor’s Note: A few things. Last week I stated that we would not be publishing a Top Ten list this year, I lied. Due to a variety of things, one will come out sometime this week. Sales meetings start this week and will continue through the middle of January, which means you can expect lots [...]

Weekly News (April 18, 2011)

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Who said April was a slow cigar news month? After the jump is a massive news post with perhaps more release announcements than any other week besides IPCPR. I’m not sure what’s going on in the middle of May, but there sure are a lot of cigars coming out then. Anyways, after the jump, Viaje, [...]

Weekly News (March 21, 2011)

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It’s been a busy week to say the least, and not just in cigar news. Tons of new news, including a few that came out from the middle of nowhere. Wednesday was a hectic day with one of the most confusing days in regards to cigar news. After the jump, other news about Pete Johnson, [...]

Weekly News (February 7, 2011)

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There’s a much different style to the news, okay sort of… A few stories are still in paragraph form, but most will be in bullet points to try to make the whole story easier for you to read. Don’t get me wrong, I love comments – but, I never ask for them. I love hearing [...]