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Redux: Viaje Zombie (2012)

Fewer cigars in Viaje’s portfolio have been the lightning rod that the Zombie was when it was announced in April of 2011. While rumors of the blend being based off the WMD or MOAB had people talking, what really got the cigar into the spotlight was the controversy about its name. In some forums, Andre [...]

News: Viaje Announces 2013 Zombie Retailers

On Tuesday, Viaje announced the four retailers who will be getting the 2013 edition of the Viaje Zombie, an annual release that has been limited to just a small handful of stores since being introduced in 2011. The announcement was made via the company’s Facebook page. The 2013 edition of the Zombie comes in two [...]

News: Viaje Announces Zombie Supershot

Viaje announced a new hybrid project that combines the blend notes of their Zombie line with the format of their Supershot line for the Viaje Zombie Supershot, what Andre Farkas is calling “a mashup.” The release, which was first mentioned on CigarAficionado.com, comes in a 3 1/2 x 54 ring gauge vitola that will be [...]

Review: Viaje Zombie (2012)

It was April of 2011 when word came out that Viaje was releasing a brand new cigar, but only at two stores, site sponsor Tobacco Grove in Maple Grove, Minnesota and their sister store BURN Premium Cigar Specialists in Burnsville, MN. This new release ended up generating a number of rumors and a fair bit of controversy [...]

Weekly News (April 2, 2012)

Editor’s Note: This week was a solemn week for the cigar industry. Manny Ferrero of Ashton Distributors passed away at the Tobacconist Association of America conference in Cabo San Lucas. I only met Manny once and even to me, a stranger, he was kind and overly enthusiastic about not just Ashton, but the industry as [...]

News: Viaje Zombie to Return

Earlier today, Viaje announced on their Facebook that the Zombie would be returning this year. Unlike last year’s debut, when it only went to the Tobacco Grove/BURN Premium Cigar group of retailers in Minnesota, it appears three different stores will be receiving this year’s shipment. While there was nothing in terms of price, vitola (see below) and [...]

Redux: Viaje Zombie

Back in April of 2011, Andre Farkas of Viaje Cigars attended an event at Tobacco Grove in Minnesota. Right before the event Charlie broke the news that there would be a new cigar with a new blend AND a new vitola that would be sold at the event.   _______________________________________________________________________   Here is what I [...]

IPCPR 2011: Viaje

Andre Farkas was joking around Sunday night before the show wondering why he was in Vegas. Viaje, unlike any manufacturer, was sold out before the show started, so the feel of the Viaje booth was quite different, a bit more, hangout-like. There were a few extensions, a new line, but the 2011 IPCPR show seemed [...]

Review: Viaje Zombie (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… Last week, it became known that Andre was going to be at an event at one of the best stores in the country, Tobacco Grove in Minnesota. There were rumors at the time that Viaje would have an exclusive and obviously limited cigar at the event with a [...]

Weekly News (April 18, 2011)

Who said April was a slow cigar news month? After the jump is a massive news post with perhaps more release announcements than any other week besides IPCPR. I’m not sure what’s going on in the middle of May, but there sure are a lot of cigars coming out then. Anyways, after the jump, Viaje, [...]