Weekly News (June 18, 2012)
Editor’s Note: It will be a busy week at halfwheel and likely busy up until the trade show. I’m not sure if it’s entirely necessary. There’s a chicken and egg problem regarding new releases that runs rampant through the industry. There’s not enough space in most retail humidors because of a flood of new releases, [...]
News: Viaje Adds Roman Candle to Summer Releases
The summer release of cigars from Viaje is getting a new addition – the Roman Candle. Viaje’s owner, Andre Farkas, mentioned that a new addition would be coming to his summer cigar releases during a visit to Tucson, AZ last month for a Viaje Zombie release party. Late Tuesday night, Farkas uploaded a picture of [...]
Weekly News (May 28, 2012)
Editor’s Note: If all goes well, Brooks and I should be in Nicaragua right now as part of Drew Estate’s Cigar Safari media adventures. Patrick took part in the journey last week along with many others. In a slightly different accord, on behalf of the editorial staff, I’d like to apologize to you the readers [...]
News: Viaje Queues Up New Releases and New Projects
Over the weekend, Andre Farkas of Viaje made appearances at a pair of events for the launch of the 2012 edition of his Zombie cigar, one at Anthony’s Cigar Emporium in Tucson, AZ; the other at The Westside Humidor in Wichita, KS. During the Tucson event, Farkas shared some news about what’s coming out next [...]
Review: Viaje Summerfest 2011 Churchill
Along with the Holiday Blend, the Summerfest is part of Viaje’s Holiday Series and is an annual limited release of 6,000 cigars that will see its third installment come out in the coming weeks. The Summerfest made its debut in 2010 to a mixed chorus with a bit of fuss made about the shaggy foot, [...]
News: Viaje Summerfest (2011)
There are six total cigars coming out from Viaje this week, the two that have gotten the least amount of press? Summerfest. The details were first leaked here, but it has been relatively quiet since. While there are two sizes, this is a relatively small (one-hundred boxes) release, even for Andre Farkas’ Viaje. Anyways, details [...]
Weekly News (May 9, 2011)
I could refer to a lot of points of the year as “the calm before the storm.” But, for the month of May that will be the motto. Slowly over the course of the next few weeks details will begin to emerge about the newest releases for the 2011 IPCPR show in Las Vegas,
News: Viaje WLP (White Label Project)
Given some recent updates… I decided to just make this a new post. For those that don’t know, earlier this week, we broke the story that Viaje was releasing a special new release, the White Label Project (WLP) – within a few days, there was some questions about the blend. I decided to clarify that [...]
Weekly News (January 24, 2011)
On Tuesday, we broke the news regarding the discontinuation of the AVO 787. La Sirena, Miami Cigar & Co.’s newest release, is in Miami at the warehouse, should be at retailers in a few days. In other news from Miami Cigar & Co., the La Aurora Corojo will be released at the 2011 IPCPR show. For anyone that was at the show this past year, you’ll know it was one of the cigars featured at the booth, however packaging and branding concerns led to a decision to relaunch and release the cigar in July. It will feature new packaging and banding, but the cigar itself will be the same. La Aurora also announced that the 1495 BME Sumo Short Robusto will be making it’s U.S. debut. The NUb-style cigar has been in the European markets since early fall, and Miami Cigar & Co. has now decided to bring the cigar to the U.S. market. It’s 4 x 58 and should be available in a few packaging options, including boxes of five. In other large ring gauge news, the Cain F NUb is also shipping this week, the post from when we originally broke the story now has price points for the two sizes. In other Oliva/Studio Tobac news, rumor has it the Studio Tobac tour will start on el niño diablo’s birthday.
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