Viaje Honey and Hand Grenades (HHG) At the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show, Viaje Founder Andre Farkas provided an overview of his upcoming cigar, the Viaje Honey and Hand Grenades (HHG). For several months, Viaje has put teasers out for this most anticipated new release in some of its 2012 shipments (in the form of stickers) […]
Cigar Review: Viaje Summerfest 2010 Robusto
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments 94-96, Memorable, Review, Viaje
Viaje Summerfest 2010 Robusto This month Viaje released their 2012 version of the Viaje Summerfest as a part of their summer releases. This marks the third year, Viaje has made an annual release of this blend. In each of the years, Viaje has made some variations to the vitolas, but from all accounts – the […]
Cigar Review: Viaje Roman Candle
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments 85-87, Review, See What You Think, Viaje
Viaje Roman Candle – wrapped The Viaje Roman Candle is a new release for Viaje in 2012. It marks Viaje’s debut cigar in the Presidente or “A” vitola. It is a cigar that measures 9 inches in length and is the longest cigar that Viaje has released to date. The interesting thing about the Roman […]
Cigar Review: Viaje Exclusivo Robusto 2012
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments 85-87, Nice to Have, Review, Viaje
Viaje Exclusivo Robusto 2012 The Viaje Exclusivo series was launched a couple of years ago. Originally the Exclusivo was intended to be a private blend for Viaje founder Andre Farkas. The cigar soon began to gains some momentum and Farkas made a decision to make some releases available to the general public. Once Exclusivo joined […]
Cigar Draft 2012
William Cooper Uncategorized No Comments Alec Bradley, Cigar Draft, Emilio, Espinosa, Fuente, Illusione, La Aurora, La Palina, Miami Cigars, Misc, My Father, Oliva, Padron, Perdomo, Room 101, Tatuaje, Viaje
The concept of our Cigar Draft is simple. We take a look at some of the new cigars that are in the pipeline. If all of these new cigars were released at once, which ones would be the first to reach for? A lot of variables play into this – the reputation of the company/blender, […]
Assessment Updates: Nat Sherman Timeless Collection and Viaje C-4
William Cooper Uncategorized No Comments 91-93, Assessment Update, Memorable, Nat Sherman, Nice to Have, Pass, Viaje
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system. Today, we assign a numeric score and assessment rating to the Nat Sherman Timeless – a cigar […]
Cigar Review: Viaje Friends and Family
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments 94-96, Memorable, Viaje
Viaje Friends and Family There are two things come to mind with Viaje Cigars: 1) micro-batch releases; 2) blends guarded with secrecy. In the case of the Viaje Friends and Family Cigar, these things couldn’t be more true. The Viaje Friends and Family cigar was a personal blend of Viaje founder Andre Farkas. Farkas made […]
Cigar Review: Viaje WMD 2012
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments 82-84, Review, See What You Think, Viaje
Viaje WMD 2012 There has been quite a bit of activity around Viaje on this web-site the last few weeks, and this has been for good reason. During the past month, Viaje has released a total of eight cigars to its authorized retailers. These eight cigars could technically be aligned to six different blends. Add […]
Cigar Review: Viaje Skull and Bones FOAB
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments 88-90, Nice to Have, Review, Viaje
Viaje Skull and Bones FOAB In 2010, when Viaje released its first of its Skull and Bones line, the Daisy Cutter, this became one of the most sought after cigars in the Viaje portfolio. Since then, there have now been five additional waves of Skull and Bones’ released for a total of six waves. Back […]
Cigar Review: Viaje White Label Project (WLP) St. Patrick’s Day Candela 2012
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments 88-90, Candela, Nice to Have, Review, Viaje, Viaje White Label Project
Viaje White Label Project (WLP) St. Patrick’s Day Candela 2012 Last year, Viaje released its first candela, the White Label Project St. Patrick’s Day Candela. We were very high on this particular release and ranked it as our #28 Cigar of the Year for 2011. A few week’s ago, we reported on that Viaje was […]