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Review: Viaje Satori Karma (2011)

Today we will be taking a look at a Limited annual release from Viaje, the Satori Karma 2011! In 2010 Andre Farkas and his brand Viaje showed up at the IPCPR trade show in New Orleans with a limited cigar called Satori, which is a Japanese word that means “sudden spiritual enlightenment. It was a [...]

Review: Viaje Exclusivo Atlantic Cigar Co. 15th Anniversary Lancero (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… There has been a growing trend in recent years for the makers of cigars to release the blends that they make for themselves to smoke as limited releases for the rest of us to enjoy. Much like Pete Johnson’s Black Label and Steve Saka’s Liga Privada No. 9, [...]

Review: Viaje Skull and Bones “?” Box-Pressed (2011)

Today we will be taking a look at an annual release from Viaje, the Skull and Bones “?”. In May 2010, Viaje released the very first Skull and Bones cigar called the Daisy Cutter, a 4 x 54 Petit Robusto made with a Nicaraguan Sun Grown Criollo wrapper and a heavy leaf Nicaraguan blend, only [...]

Review: Viaje Oro Koa (Prerelease)

Today we will be taking a look at a highly anticipated cigar for all you Corona Gorda lovers out there, the Viaje Oro Koa! In 2009, Viaje started allowing two different retailers to choose a vitola of one of their two core lines of cigars, the Oro and the Platino, with different numbers (usually under [...]

Review: Humo Jaguar Robusto

Today we will be taking a look at a cigar from Nestor Plasencia and the distributors at Miami Cigar & Co., the Humo Jaguar! This past February 2011 marked the first annual Honduran Cigar festival otherwise known as the Humo Jaguar, a place and time dedicated to all the Honduran tobacco producers of cigars sold [...]

Review: Viaje Skull and Bones Little Boy

Today we will be taking a look at one of the newest releases from Viaje, the Skull and Bones Little Boy! What’s looking like an annual release (despite this years biannual release), the Skull and Bones Red Label is a take on the original Skull and Bones release the Skull and Bones Daisy Cutter and offers [...]

Review: Illusione ~mj12~ Maduro

At IPCPR 2011, Dion Giolito, owner of Illusione Cigars, added a Maduro version of four vitolas, to his core line joining the ~hl~ Maduro that has already been out for some time. The four new Maduro sizes are the 88, 888, cg:4, and ~mj12~. Dion is a bit of a conspiracy theorist, and like most [...]

Review: Illusione ~ULTRA~ MKULTRA

Today we will be taking a look at a cigar from Dion Giolito and his brand Illusione, the MKULTRA! In 2006 when Dion was reworking some of the blends for his national brand Illusione there was a cigar called the MK, a 5 1/8 X 42 cigar dubbed, “the teaching machine”, and there was a much [...]

Review: Room 101 LTD Namakubi Papi Chulo (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… Introduced at the IPCPR Show last month, the Room 101 Namakubi made a splash, not just for it’s interesting name origins (below), but also for it’s box design. Room 101 also released a new Connecticut blend, which uses a wrapper sourced from Davidoff. The Namakubi actually has an [...]

Review: Xikar HC Series Habano Colorado Salomon Limitado (Prerelease)

Today we will be taking a look at one of the larger cigars introduced at this years IPCPR, the Xikar HC Series Salomon Limitado! Xikar has been one of the most innovative cigar accessory manufacturers since their start in the mid 1990s, the Xikar Cutter is one of the most recognizable cigar tools out there [...]