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Review: Viaje White Label Project St. Patrick’s (2013)

Today we’re looking at what has now become a yearly holiday release for Viaje – the White Label Project St. Patrick’s Day Candela. First released in 2011, Viaje rolled this bright green Candela wrapped cigar calling it a test blend and placing it under the experimental Viaje line, the White Label Project. Though it was [...]

Redux: Viaje Zombie (2012)

Fewer cigars in Viaje’s portfolio have been the lightning rod that the Zombie was when it was announced in April of 2011. While rumors of the blend being based off the WMD or MOAB had people talking, what really got the cigar into the spotlight was the controversy about its name. In some forums, Andre [...]

News: Viaje Announces 2013 Zombie Retailers

On Tuesday, Viaje announced the four retailers who will be getting the 2013 edition of the Viaje Zombie, an annual release that has been limited to just a small handful of stores since being introduced in 2011. The announcement was made via the company’s Facebook page. The 2013 edition of the Zombie comes in two [...]

News: Viaje Ships Exclusivo Super Lance, WLP & Zombie Super Shots

Multiple retailers have confirmed to halfwheel they have received invoices for Viaje’s next shipment which includes Exclusivo Super Lance and White Label Project and Zombie versions of Super Shot. Historically, Viaje’s issuing of invoices means the products have begun shipping. We broke the news on Super Lance last year when Andre Farkas was attending events [...]

Redux: Viaje Super Shot 10 Gauge

If there was ever a surprising Viaje release, it was Super Shot. Debuting first in the Super Shot 10 Gauge, then a smaller 12 Gauge version and coming back this year in the form of Zombie Super Shot, the small line delivered. It wasn’t perfect out of the box, but it had a lot worth [...]

Review: Viaje Friends and Family Le Joueur

In March 2013, we reported on the third installment of one of the most secretive releases from Viaje, the Friends and Family, which began showing up on invoices and at retailers’ doors with a new shape, new price and new name. The Viaje Friends and Family La Cadeau was not to be seen this year [...]

News: Viaje Announces 2013 Exclusivo Chiquito Retailers

On Thursday morning, Viaje announced the four retailers who will be receiving the 2013 edition of the Exclusivo Chiquito, a cigar made once every two years. The announcement came via the company’s Facebook page, and the retailers have been invoiced for the cigars, meaning they should be shipping soon. They are: The Humidor Wichita, KS [...]

News: Viaje Announces Zombie Supershot

Viaje announced a new hybrid project that combines the blend notes of their Zombie line with the format of their Supershot line for the Viaje Zombie Supershot, what Andre Farkas is calling “a mashup.” The release, which was first mentioned on CigarAficionado.com, comes in a 3 1/2 x 54 ring gauge vitola that will be [...]

Redux: Viaje Exclusivo Tower Cigars 45th (2011)

Back in April of 2011, Viaje released what was then the seventh incarnation of the Exclusivo line to celebrate Tower Pipes & Cigars in Sacramento, CA 45th year in business. The box-pressed Viaje Exclusivo Tower Cigars 45th was released on April 5, 2011 with only 100 boxes of 20 cigars produced. The same vitola with the same blend [...]

News: Viaje Friends and Family Le Joueur Ships to Retailers

Viaje’s ultra-secretive Friends and Family is being released to the public for the third time, and this time something has changed. The most recent release of Friends and Family is called “Le Joueur” and listed at 5 x 52. Ever since its first public showing at ICPPR 2011, and subsequent shipments in February and December of last [...]