A major update to @halfwheel’s 2022 Release List. Nearly 1,000 cigars on the list. -> halfwheel.com/2022-release-l…

If you are a retailer and bought the My Father Humidor Deluxe and would like to sell eight of them to @halfwheel. Let me know.

A larger version of the Iris container I reviewed a few weeks ago (which I think makes a better version of a coolidor…) is on sale-> homedepot.com/p/IRIS-74-Qt-W…

I will be live on @halfwheel’s Facebook page to talk about the cancelation of the 2020 PCA Trade Show. What it means & more. -> facebook.com/halfwheel/posts…

The holding company that agreed to purchase the 50 percent share of Habanos S.A. and others from Imperial has changed its name from “Allied Cigar Corporation” to “Instant Alliance Limited.” (1/2)

.@drewestatecigar’s Cigar Safari, which had just one trip left for its 2020 season (early April) has postponed that until October due to coronavirus.

After some sort of confusion, our story about the @LaAuroraCigars TAA Exclusive is up. No changes to the story/cigar.

And now for something completely different: @Jonathandrewart takes me around @drewestatecigar’s DEII facility in 360… youtu.be/1kNtdyci9nY

(5/5) 8. All this will be brought up in court. It furthers the central argument that FDA didn’t go through the government-mandated process of figuring out the economic impact of the rules. Quite honestly, the worse the cost/number of labs there are, the better (for that venue).

(4/) 6. FDA predicted that some cigars wouldn’t get tested because companies would deem it to expensive, they estimated as much as half. 7. Grandfathered products (anything pre Feb. 15, 2007) won’t have to do HPHC testing, but there’s tends of thousands that do...

(3/) 5. One lab told me that they can only do 25 cigars per week and they don’t expect many other labs (less than 5) to be interested in testing cigars. That could mean maybe 5,000 SKUs get tested on this current timeline, assuming cigar companies are ready to go from day one…

(2/) 3. Given FDA’s HPHC guidelines on other topics, I have zero faith that it will be the same panel as cigarettes. 4. Most people were focused on the cost of testing (some rumors said north of $40k per SKU), that’s a problem but time is the bigger issue…

(1/) 1. FDA delaying HPHC testing is of absolutely no surprise. There was zero chance of the Nov. 8, 2019 date sticking. 2. Today’s extension is basically an indefinite extension as FDA has given no update on when the final guidelines will be published…

Trinidad will be getting the first figurado in the brand’s history. The Trinidad 50 Aniversario is a 155 (6 1/10 inches) x 59 figurado. Also appears to be a new size for Habanos S.A.

Per @MichaelHerklots new carpeting is being rolled out to the areas where water damaged #IPCPR18.

Here’s what the clean-up from the water damage caused be the fire at #IPCPR18 looks like. (via @MichaelHerklots) bit.ly/2mhNI7H

250+ new #cigars on our 2018 Release List. halfwheel.com/2018-release-l…