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Review: Viaje 5th Anniversary

Word of a new cigar from Viaje started floating around the internet back in mid-May, when Andre Farkas took to Facebook to post a picture of the band for his newest project: the Viaje 5th Anniversary. No details about blend, size or price were attached; just a note that said “IPCPR 2012.” Amazingly though, little [...]

Review: Viaje Honey & Hand Grenades The Rapier

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 [...]

Redux: Viaje Skull and Bones White Daisy Cutter

In May of 2010, Viaje cigars released their first in what would eventually become an almost comically large number of Skull and Bones cigars. Named after a popular bomb that was retired in 2008, the Daisy Cutter was one of the cigars, along with the original release Exclusivo Robustos and the original release Holiday Blend that [...]

Review: Viaje Roman Candle

In mid-2010, Viaje released its first summer release, the aptly named Summerfest. Following closely behind was the first release of the TNT, a cigar that was shaped to look like an actual stick of TNT. Both Summerfest and TNT have been released every summer since 2010. In 2011 Viaje added the once-again-aptly-named C-4 and in [...]

Review: Camacho Liberty Series 2012

It was July 2002 when the Eiroa family decided to celebrate the freedom they found in the United States by issuing a limited run cigar called the Camacho Liberty Series. While it originally started out as a five-vitola release, it has since evolved into a single vitola release using Camacho’s signature 11/18 Perfecto. The 11/18 name references [...]

Review: Viaje TNT (2012)

Two years ago Viaje first released the TNT as part of its seasonal summer release of limited edition cigars. Made to look like a stick of dynamite, the TNT has been released three years running in late June and in time for the Fourth of July. Last year Viaje added the C-4 to the lineup [...]

Review: Viaje C-4 (2012)

In a never ending quest to conquer the summer cigar market, last year Viaje added a new cigar to their mid-year releases, a uniquely shaped cigar with a triple cap on both the head and foot and named for a popular and highly-charged explosive: the Viaje C-4. The cigar joined an existing lineup of the [...]

Review: Viaje Exclusivo Tower Cigars 45th Anniversary (2012)

The first question that you’re probably wanting to ask about the Viaje Tower Cigars 45th Anniversary is: what is different about this year’s release from last year’s? The answer is simple: nothing, according to Mark Just, owner of Tower Pipes & Cigars in Sacramento, CA. That means the size, the blend, the packaging all stayed the same [...]

Review: Viaje Oro Reserva Double Torpedo

Following up on a #2 finish in the 2010 cigar of the year rankings by Cigar Aficionado, Viaje put out another installment of their heralded Oro Reserva line in June 2011, this time in a Double Torpedo vitola with a closed foot. The V.O.R., as it’s known, seemed to slip under many people’s radars when it was released in 2010,and with its extremely [...]

Review: Viaje Exclusivo Double Edged Sword

The Viaje Exclusivo Double Edged Sword was a limited release by Andre Farkas in the summer of 2010. It continued the line of limited releases under the Exclusivo name. There is no need to reword what’s been written before, so I’ll let Brooks briefly explain the Exclusivo line: There has been a growing trend in [...]