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Review: La Flor Dominicana Face Off by Christian Eiroa

In 2003, Christian Eiroa of Camacho and Litto Gomez of La Flor Dominicana had a competition, a $700,000 competition. It is known as Face Off and is one of the most famous limited editions of all time. It was simple: each sent the other tobacco from their own farm for about 50,000 cigars. Once the [...]

Review: Alec Bradley Fine & Rare Toro

Before the ratings that came in early 2012, Alec Bradley made quite a bit of noise for itself in 2011, just not for Presnado. At IPCPR 2011, one of the most talked about cigars was the Fine & Rare, a limited edition cigar that contained 10 different types of tobacco and was sold out rather [...]

Redux: Illusione ~Síngulare 2010~ Phantom

The Illusione ~Síngulare 2010~ Phantom is a 6 × 50 Nicaraguan puro rolled at the Raíces Cubanas factory in Honduras that was limited to 1,000 boxes of 15 back in 2010. There was supposed to be a limited edition released every year, but backorders in tobacco delayed the 2011 version. However, for 2012, the LE project [...]

Review: Viaje Skull and Bones White FOAB

In mid March of this year, Viaje released yet another slew of new cigars all at once to retailers. There were five new releases in all, bringing the total number of new Viaje Cigars to nine in less than a month. The FOAB, which stands for “Father of All Bombs”, and whose name’s origin is [...]

Review: Viaje White Label Project St. Patrick’s (2012)

In 2011, Viaje introduced the White Label Project, a series of small experimental releases that don’t fall into Andre Farkas’ various series of limited release lines. While the inaugural release was explained as a test blend, the second release was a holiday release. Launched in March of 2011, the WLP Candela was created for St. [...]

Review: Viaje Super Shot 12 Gauge

Late last year, Andre Farkas showed off boxes of a new Viaje line, Super Shot. While the 10 Gauge Super Shot already shipped in late February, Viaje opted to stagger the release of the second size, Super Shot 12 Gauge. This past week, Super Shot 12 Gauge began arriving in stores alongside the next WLP [...]

Review: Viaje Skull and Bones Red WMD (2012)

A few weeks ago, Andre Farkas showed off a new round of Viajes set to hit retailers in mid-March. Included were a total of five different cigars, including three different Skull and Bones. One of which was the newest rendition of the Viaje Skull and Bones WMD. WMD first debuted in March of 2011, alongside [...]

Review: Viaje Platino Samurai Maduro (Prerelease)

A few weeks ago, we broke the news that the Viaje Platino Samurai Maduro had arrived in Minnesota at BURN Premium Cigar Specialists and Tobacco Grove. Tomorrow (March 5, 2012), pre-orders will ship from both stores, both of whom still have a limited supply in stock. Rather than rewriting history, here’s what we wrote a [...]

Review: Viaje Super Shot 10 Gauge

In September of 2011, Andre Farkas showed off a mysterious and previously unannounced Viaje project, Super Shot. Originally believed to be Shotgun Shells, details of Super Shot slowly emerged throughout winter. From the start, it was believed that Viaje would release two sizes: Super Shot 10 Gauge & Super Shot 12 Gauge, aptly borrowing the [...]

Review: Viaje White Label Project Winter Classic

In early February of 2012, Viaje announced that the first White Label Project of 2012 would be shipping with the Super Shot 10 Gauge and the Friends and Family. Dubbed the “Winter Classic,”, it is a 4 1/2 x 48 Rothschild that is an entirely new blend, and comes in bundles of 25. This is [...]