News: Viaje to Release Platino Samurai Maduro

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Since late 2011, the idea of a Viaje Samurai Maduro has been floating around as a possible release for BURN Premium Cigar Specialist’s fifth anniversary. Earlier this week, James Succio of BURN confirmed that 99 boxes of a Maduro Samurai had arrived in Minnesota, a few months before the store’s actual anniversary. The Samurai is [...]

Weekly News (October 3, 2011)

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Editor’s Note: The biggest news of the week was the Friday announcement from the attorneys for Pepín García indicating the legal matter of El Rey de los Habanos had been settled. Our original story contained an error referring to the separate matter of Tabacalera Cubanas as “lawsuit” instead of “dissolution.” (To be clear both companies [...]

Weekly News (January 10, 2011)

If there was ever a fun week of news… this is going to be it. It’s an eclectic bit of information. Pete Johnson confirmed what we reported last week: the Tatuaje Black Label Petite Lancero would be a retailer exclusive for Tobacco Grove, the same store that got the Viaje Samurai in late December. It [...]

Review: Viaje Platino Samurai (Prerelease)

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For those of you that don’t know… In 2009, Viaje started the tradition of allowing two different retailers to choose a vitola of one of their two core line of cigars, the Oro and the Platino, with different numbers of boxes, usually between 30 and 60. Last year, Habana Smoke Shop decided on a short [...]