Breaking Cigar News

dowjr1

So I realized after looking at a lot of top 10 lists that there was a bunch of cigars I had not heard of much less tried. Worse was hearing "Wow this cigar was awesome but they are gone now" kind of thing. Or a cigar was awesome but was released in April....read not available anymore. Made me think I was not really all that tuned in to the cigar world I love. How can I find out about these blends coming out? Any good sites out there releasing information on all the new releases from different cigar makers and blenders and just news in general? Halfwheel.com had some good stuff but I would love to see where you guys go for news.

AJGARLETT

seems like Twitter and Facebook are where info hits first....just my .02

robbyras

AJGARLETT:

seems like Twitter and Facebook are where info hits first....just my .02

+1

dowjr1

Who are you friending or following on those sites?

AJGARLETT

All the manufacturers I like and a bunch of review sites too. On my phone so I won't type out the specific sites but almost all the top company's have twitter and FB and are extremely active

kuzi16

http://www.halfwheel.com/

kuzi16

dowjr1:

Who are you friending or following on those sites?

LFD, avo, davidoff DE, Camacho

Krieg

might wanna try podcasts too.

docbp87

kuzi16:

http://www.halfwheel.com/

Came to post. Between Brooks and Charlie, it's hard to miss anything. Charlie's weekly news updates, and a few of the larger forums are my jumping off points for news.

rudel.dietrich

dowjr1:

So I realized after looking at a lot of top 10 lists that there was a bunch of cigars I had not heard of much less tried. Worse was hearing "Wow this cigar was awesome but they are gone now" kind of thing. Or a cigar was awesome but was released in April....read not available anymore. Made me think I was not really all that tuned in to the cigar world I love. How can I find out about these blends coming out? Any good sites out there releasing information on all the new releases from different cigar makers and blenders and just news in general? Halfwheel.com had some good stuff but I would love to see where you guys go for news.

My stance is that if a cigar is truly great then it will stick around. That is why I tend to keep buying the old traditional stand by's like Monte Cristos and Bolivars.

Don't get me wrong. I do try new things and one offs and enjoy them. But I won't spend a lot of time keeping up with what is the newest thing. If I buy a one off or a sampler pack I mostly enjoy it but most of my recurring purchases and box orders tend to be from the same half dozen makers.

kuzi16

docbp87:

kuzi16:

http://www.halfwheel.com/

Came to post. Between Brooks and Charlie, it's hard to miss anything. Charlie's weekly news updates, and a few of the larger forums are my jumping off points for news.

i have recently started to notice that i care less and less about "news" (even in the real world) and more about theory, design, concept and process. new releases only seem to catch my eye if there is some interesting thing going on with it and not just some blend of "normal" leaves.

this is one of the reasons why i feel "behind" on news in the cigar world. ill read things like Halfwheel now and then but most of the time i am looking up things like how specific people go about blending, or how different types of minerals will change the ash, flavor, or burn.