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Release Date: March 2021 Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 From a visual standpoint, the Protocol Eliot Ness Natural is covered in an extremely attractive milk chocolate brown wrapper that features some obvious oil, a number of prominent veins and is slightly rough to the touch. In addition, the cigar is pleasantly firm when squeezed and features a soft box-press. Aroma from the wrapper and foot is a combination of strong peanut shells, hay, barnyard, earth, dark chocolate, generic wood and slight floral, while the cold draw brings flavors of varnish, oak, leather, hay, generic nuts, coco...

Release Date: February 26, 2021 Number of Cigars Released: 500 Boxes of 10 Cigars (5,000 Total Cigars) Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 The Nestor Miranda Private Reserve Lancero is certainly dressed well, with a color scheme of royal blue, gold and cream. It’s hard not to notice the shiny edges of both bands, which shine as the light hits the shiny edges. The wrapper underneath isn’t quite as beautiful, at least not if you’re looking for something that is perfectly smooth. There are some fairly noticeable veins, some of which stand out along the seam lines as well, but it’s har...

I spend quite a bit of time trying to make sure that none of  halfwheel’s reviewers are reviewing the same brand of cigars consecutively. Typically that means trying to make sure that a brand doesn’t have its cigars reviewed by the same reviewer twice in a row. Every once in a while that happens, but an even rarer occurrence is to have consecutive reviews from a particular reviewer be of the same brand. Of course, that is because there are actually two very different La Gloria Cubanas. One of them is sold only in the U.S., a brand owned by Scandinavian Tobacco Group and sold by Forged Ci...

Release Date: September 2020 Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 From a physical standpoint, the Pancetta is noticeably diminutive when held in my hand while also being a bit lighter than I expected. It is covered in a dark espresso brown wrapper that is covered in prominent veins and looks like it was dipped in a vat of oil just before being packaged up. The aroma from the wrapper and foot is a combination of rich espresso beans, cocoa nibs, earth, leather, prunes, cedar and rich raisins while the cold draw brings flavors of strong, dry hay, barnyard, leather, earth, salted peanut shells, ...

A term that has come into my vocabulary as of late is inflection point, that spot where the trend bends and changes direction. It’s come into usage with the pandemic, but it certainly has a fairly wide field where it is applicable. One of those would be blending trends in the cigar industry, and if you’ve been around long enough and paid enough attention, you’ve likely seen them. The rise of Ecuadorian tobacco, the return of Mexican tobacco, changes in common sizes of cigars and numerous other things all started as blips on a radar and eventually became genuine trends.