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Review: Viaje White Label Project Stuffed Turkey Dark Meat

Earlier this month, Viaje shipped retailers two versions of the second release of its WLP Stuffed Turkey, White Meat and Dark Meat. Brooks reviewed the former recently and I decided to tackle the latter of the 5 x 60 vitola and the latest entry into Viaje’s White Label Project series. Andre Farkas, owner of Viaje Cigars, described [...]

Review: Viaje White Label Project Stuffed Turkey White Meat

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: Viaje Holiday Blend Candy Cane

Several years ago the Viaje Holiday Blend Candy Cane was talked about however multiple delays caused this cigar to be pushed back until this year. We talked about this in a few news stories last month. Patrick had this to say: On Monday afternoon, Andre Farkas of Viaje showed off the new Candy Cane cigar [...]

Review: J. Fuego Edición de Familia Belicoso Fino

Jesus Fuego announced that he would be venturing into the ‘ultra-premium’ cigar market via a post on CigarBrief.com in March 2012, where he released the first details about the cigar. After occasional photos on Facebook and some samples that were stealthily given out during IPCPR provided a bit more detail, they have been released to one [...]

Review: Viaje Oro La Pequeña (2012)

Last month we posted a news story about the rerelease of the Viaje Oro La Pequeña. While it is part of the Oro line and thus uses the same blend, the size is something different and unique to the rest. La Pequeña was originally rolled for the Habana Smoke Shop in 2009, however, Andre Farkas loved [...]

Review: Viaje Satori Zen Edición Limitada 2012

The 2012 Viaje Satori release marks the third year that the Satori has been released. In 2010 Brooks reviewed the Zen and in 2011 Steve reviewed the Karma. Here is the background on the Satori line from Steve’s review: In 2010 Andre Farkas and his brand Viaje showed up at the IPCPR trade show in [...]

Review: Ortsac 1962 Habano Robusto (Prerelease)

At the IPCPR trade show in Orlando, FL earlier this year, Victor Vitale brought a host of new releases, one of which was an extension to the Ortsac portfolio, the Ortsac 1962 Habano. We detailed the release in a news post: The Cigar Agency’s Ortsac brand is set for another expansion, this time two new [...]

Review: Viaje Oro Collector’s Edition 2012 Fuerza

The concept of releasing an even more limited version of a cigar for a company known for its insanely small release numbers was a bit odd to some, but for Andre Farkas, Collector’s Edition makes sense for Viaje. Introduced at IPCPR 2012, Collector’s Edition is a special take on the Oro blend that will be [...]

Review: Room101 Daruma Mutante

Matt Booth’s Room101 has made an annual tradition of a limited release at the IPCPR trade show. For 2012, Booth brought Daruma, which uses a Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, as well as a Brazilian Mata Fina binder, and fillers from the Dominican Republic and Honduras. As with the Namakubi, 2012′s Daruma is based on Japanese culture and philosophy. Wikipedia [...]

Redux: Alec Bradley Fine & Rare Toro

One of the more talked about cigars of the 2011 IPCPR show in Las Vegas was the Alec Bradley Fine & Rare. It employed ten different types of tobacco, including seven different fillers, which the company boasted as being the only cigar on the market to do that. It was also the company’s first attempt [...]