五年前，一家名为阿特萨诺烟草公司的名气不大的公司推出了名为“生活万岁”（Viva La Vida ）的雪茄品牌，委托尼加拉瓜的A.J. 费尔南德斯生产。这个月，他们将继续推出一款新的拓展品牌，包含两个尺寸的新系列，来庆祝“生活万岁”品牌创建五周年。

阿特萨诺烟草公司是法基兄弟，他们兄弟三人（比利、格斯、贝斯）以前在纽约做烟草零售商，在曼哈顿东部有两家雪茄店，后来他们卖掉了雪茄店，在费尔南德斯的帮助下，从雪茄零售商转变为雪茄制造商和经销商。2019年他们创建了第一个雪茄品牌。他们出品的雪茄在Cigar Aficionado杂志的盲评中拿到过很高的分数，也进入到年度25名的榜单里。

五周年纪念版对比原版，茄衣烟叶做了调整，茄套和茄芯仍然是尼加拉瓜烟叶。

比利介绍说，为了做好这款五周年纪念版，费尔南德斯帮我们调配了一种独特的烟叶混合配方，他找到了一种美国康涅狄格种植的哈瓦那种子烟叶做茄衣，这款烟叶经过多年发酵，呈马杜罗色，油性十足，外表十分美丽。

五周年纪念版系列有两个尺寸，小丑比力高（Jester Belicoso）、美味俱乐部500（Club500 Sabroso）。小丑比力高是一款茄头呈扁平状的鱼雷，不是尖头，56环径，5.5英寸，售价每支19美元。

美味俱乐部500是一款双锥头盒压完美造型，56环径，5.25英寸，每支售价18美元。两个尺寸都是每盒10支装。比利介绍说，他们兄弟与费尔南德斯一起研究制定了雪茄的形状，将茄衣的风味最好的表达出来。

这些新品将参展美国PCA贸易展，随后发货给零售商。

Half a decade ago, an unknown company called Artesano del Tobacco launched a brand called Viva la Vida, made by A.J. Fernandez in Nicaragua. This month, Artesano is celebrating five years in business with a new brand that comes in two sizes. 

The people behind it are the Fakih brothers, Billy, Geson (“Gus”) and Bass, former New York City tobacconists who left the retail world to start a cigar line. Their cigars have since garnered high scores and accolades, including placement on Cigar Aficionado’s Top 25 list. 

The Viva La Vida 5th Anniversary is slightly different from the core Viva La Vida line. While the all-Nicaraguan internal tobaccos are the same, the wrapper has changed.

“It has been five years since we launched the Viva La Vida Cigars and to celebrate it, we asked Abdel Fernandez to help us create a unique blend that celebrates the success of the Viva La Vida line,” says Billy. “To do so, Abdel was able to find a beautiful, aged, dark, oily Habano Connecticut maduro wrapper that was grown here in the United States.”

Viva La Vida 5th Anniversary comes in two sizes: Jester Belicoso and Club500 Sabroso. The Jester Belicoso is a figurado that Artesano describes as being “flat round,” meaning the belicoso head is topped with a flat tip rather than a pointed one. It measures 5 1/2 inches long by 56 ring gauge and will retail for $19. 

The Club500 Sabroso is a double-tapered, box-pressed perfecto that measures 5 1/4 by 56 with a suggested retail price of $18 each. Both sizes come in 10-count boxes. According to Billy, he and his brothers developed the unique shapes with Fernandez to best “enlighten the flavors” of the wrapper.

The cigars will be on display at the upcoming PCA trade show in Las Vegas and ship to shops shortly after.