Review: Viaje White Label Project Stuffed Turkey White Meat

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In November of 2011, Viaje released the WLP Stuffed Turkey, a cigar created based on a conversation with Stogie Review’ Jerry Cruz. The Stuffed Turkey is officially part of the White Label Project series, which has had multiple releases this year and last. However, while the cigar was supposed to be sent to retailers in [...]

Review: Don Pepin Garcia Series JJ Salomon

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It’s July 22nd, which means it’s about one cigar and one story—the Don Pepin Garcia Series JJ and Jeremiah Cruz Jr. We’ve explained it a few times before, including a year ago when I reviewed the JJ Lancero: In 2005, the newcomer Don “Pepín” García introduced the Series JJ, a cigar that he worked on with [...]

Review: Don Pepin Garcia Series JJ Little Robusto

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On December 11, 2011, Jerry Cruz of Stogie Review fame announced a limited run of Don Pepin Garcia Series JJ would be produced in a never before seen vitola. Dubbed the Little Robusto, it is a 4 /12 x 50 Short Robusto made in honor of Jerry’s son, who died of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death [...]

Weekly News (December 12, 2011)

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Editor’s Note: A few things. Last week I stated that we would not be publishing a Top Ten list this year, I lied. Due to a variety of things, one will come out sometime this week. Sales meetings start this week and will continue through the middle of January, which means you can expect lots [...]

Weekly News (December 5, 2011)

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Editor’s Note: December has arrived, and it is quite obvious. There’s not a whole lot of public news, but projects are beginning to come together for the upcoming year. There’s not a tremendous amount of news, and I suspect that will continue through early next year. A few things ship this week and next week [...]

Review: Viaje White Label Project Stuffed Turkey

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For those of you that don’t know… This past year, Viaje has started to release cigars in a new series. Dubbed the White Label Project (WLP for short), these cigars are meant to be basically one-off releases that most likely will never be seen again, unlike most of his other blends, which are released around [...]

#jj4jj 2011

A bit late, but it’s still July 22nd. Earlier this afternoon in between two post-IPCPR phone calls, I sat down with a Don Pepín García Series JJ Maduro Lancero, my part in the July 22nd tribute to Jerry Cruz’s late son, Jeremiah Cruz Junior. I wrote this earlier in the year and I’ve yet to [...]