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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 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 [...]

Weekly News (December 10, 2012)

Editor’s Note: Thanks to all those who made it to the halfwheel Holiday Party Pt. 1 at Tobacco Grove this past weekend. It was lots of fun and we found out that Brooks and I should probably remain in Dallas, where it only snows once a year. Details on Pt. 2, which will be on [...]

News: Viaje Adds Friends and Family to December Shipment

Multiple retailers have confirmed to halfwheel, Viaje’s invoices for its upcoming December shipment list the Friends and Family as being included in the shipment, which will also include WLP Stuffed Turkey Dark Meat and White Meat, Holiday Blend Robusto and Holiday Blend Candy Cane. According to the invoice, WLP Stuffed Turkey, which is expected to [...]

Redux: Viaje Friends and Family

In February of 2012, Viaje released one of their most secretive blends with almost no fanfare or foreknowledge. Said to be produced select retailers started getting single boxes of the box-pressed Churchill out of the blue. At over $15.00 per cigar, the Friends and Family was the most expensive Viaje up to that point and [...]

News: JFR 770 San Andrés & Other Updates From Paul Palmer

  Paul Palmer-Fernández, president of Casa Fernandez, recently sat down to talk about what’s new with the company as a whole, which includes the Danlí, Honduras-based Raíces Cubanas. Casa Fernandez/Tabacalera Tropical will be unveiling a Maduro version of its JFR 770 cigar, most likely in April. It will use a San Andrés Maduro wrapper as [...]

Review: Viaje Friends and Family

Last week, Viaje began shipping the long-awaited WLP Winter Classic and Super Shot 10. In addition, numerous retailers indicated that they were being sent a single box of Viaje Friends and Family. Even now, nearly a week after we broke the story and retailers began receiving boxes, there is almost nothing known about the latest [...]

Weekly News (February 27, 2012)

Editor’s Note: This past week halfwheel launched its own blog. While the posts will not appear on the front page, they will show up if you subscribe to the RSS feed and/or get updates via e-mail. As explained here, the purpose of the blog will be to better have a dialogue with the readers about [...]

News: Viaje to Release Friends and Family

At IPCPR 2011, select individuals were handed a special blend from Andre Farkas, Viaje Friends and Family. The cigar has never publicly been shown off and nearly nothing is known about it, but a few retailers have indicated that they will be receiving a single box of Friends and Family in their upcoming shipment alongside WLP [...]