Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Viaje recently shipped two of its popular releases for the Christmas Season. The Viaje Holiday Blend and the Viaje Holiday Blend Candy Cane. The Viaje Holiday Blend was first introduced in 2009, and has been a near-annual release since then. Over the years, the Holiday Blend has been released in several sizes. The Viaje Holiday […]
Early in 2020, Viaje released a cigar known as the Viaje Zombie Farmhand Andre. If you have followed Viaje Cigars for the past decade, you will know that Viaje Cigars’ founder Andre Farkas creates themes, narratives, and storylines among his releases. Viaje Zombie Farmhead Andre ties two of these concepts together – Viaje’s Thanksgiving themed […]
Seasonal/holiday releases are not a new concept for the cigar industry, but when it comes to Thanksgiving, Viaje Cigars is the company that blazed the trail. Viaje’s Thanksgiving releases trace back to 2011 when it released its first Viaje Stuffed Turkey Cigar. The concept for a Thanksgiving cigar was originally suggested by the Stogie Review […]
It’s Thanksgiving time and once again Viaje has a seasonal release for the 2020 holiday. This year Viaje announced the return of three of its Thanksgiving theme cigars: the Viaje Stuffed Turkey White Meat, the Viaje Stuffed Turkey Dark Meat, and the Viaje Farmer Bill Hatchet. As with each of these releases in the past, […]
A big year for Viaje Cigars came in 2010 as Andre Farkas’ company had two landmark releases – Viaje Oro Reserva VOR No. 5. and the Viaje Skull and Bones Daisy Cutter. The Viaje Oro Reserva VOR No. 5 would capture Cigar Aficionado’s #2 Cigar of the Year (and #1 non-Cuban cigar). The Viaje Skull […]
Viaje has just rolled out its latest iteration of the Viaje Exclusivo brand, the Viaje Exclusivo Leaded Maduro. For many years, Viaje Exclusivo was the private blend of Viaje Cigars owner Andre Farkas. The blend itself is all Nicaraguan tobacco. In 2015, due to the popularity of the Exclusivo brand Farkas made it an ongoing […]
The past the annual IPCPR Trade Shows were a little different for Andre Farkas and Viaje Cigar Company than for most other companies. For the most part, Viaje’s business model is built on small-batch releases that are sent to retailers on (almost a) monthly basis. As a result, the trade show isn’t a place where […]
While Viaje is known for keeping information low-key on its releases, when it comes to the Viaje Zombie series, it’s as low key as it comes. This year, the Viaje Zombie Series is being released in three blends: Green (Natural), Red (Maduro), and Black (Unknown). In addition, the Zombie Series will be a part of […]
For Prime Time Episode 153, we are proud to welcome back the one and only Andre Farkas of Viaje Cigars! For the past decade, Viaje continues to lead the charge of the small batch, Microblend movement in the cigar industry. It’s been a couple of years since we have talked to Andre, so there is […]
