News: Viaje Honey & Hand Grenades and White Label Project St. Patrick’s Return

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Viaje posted a pair of photos to their Facebook page on Saturday confirming the return of the White Label Project St. Patrick’s and Honey & Hand Grenades lines. According to comments posted by the company, both are slated to begin shipping to all authorized retailers on Monday, March 4. From the picture of the WLP [...]

News: Viaje Shows Off Candy Cane

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On Monday afternoon, Andre Farkas of Viaje showed off the new Candy Cane cigar that will be part of  the company’s 2012 Holiday Blend release.  (Image via Facebook) In the accompanying comments on the photo, Farkas said that he started working on the Candy Cane several years ago, and that “delay after delay killed the [...]

Review: Viaje Honey & Hand Grenades The Rapier

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The first time we heard of the interestingly named Honey and Hand Grenades from Viaje was at the IPCPR show in Las Vegas in mid-2011. Farkas was seen handing out samples to a few people to try with no other info given except the name, the interesting vitola and the fact that it was supposedly [...]

Weekly News (July 16, 2012)

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Editor’s Note: A year ago Friday, July 20 to be more precise, Brooks and I sat down for dinner after the third day of IPCPR and we discussed the idea of halfwheel–or what was to become halfwheel. Like so many great ideas for the site, Brooks thought of it first and it took me a [...]

News: Viaje Adds Collector’s Edition & Changes to Oro/Platino to IPCPR Plans

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Viaje’s IPCPR plans have already been well-documneted. Honey & Hand Grenades, a release that has been discussed since 2011, was hinted at in the shipment of the Super Shot 10 Gauge, when stickers reading “VIAJE HHG THE SHIV THE SHANK THE RAPIER IPCPR 2012″ were sent to retailers. Then, in mid-May, Andre Farkas showed off the [...]

Weekly News (January 30, 2012)

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Editor’s Note: And it was supposed to be a slow week in the cigar world. What seemed destined to be a rather quiet week turned into the busiest of the year. Familiar readers of the weekly news will see that it is back to somewhat of a familiar form. Cabaiguan WCD 120 REDUX — The [...]