If you were looking for plenty of new releases at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Tatuaje Cigars was the place to go. This year there was a plethora of products ranging from new regular production cigars, line extensions, anniversary cigars, a PCA Exclusive, and what Tatuaje Cigars owner Pete Johnson called, “a […]
The ten-year anniversary of the L’Atelier brand is this year and at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Tatuaje Cigars unveiled the L’Atelier Racine ERB. ERB stands for Extension Racine Britanicas. It uses the same blend as the L’Atelier Extension de la Racine blend that was first introduced in 2022 and has primarily been […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Tatuaje Cigars introduced the Surrogates Big Ten. The cigar commemorates ten years of the Surrogates brand. Surrogates Big Ten is a 100% Nicaraguan puro. It comes in Tatuaje’s signature Britanicas Extra perfecto which is a 5 3/8 x 48 perfecto. This is a size Pete Johnson […]
Twenty-twenty has been quite a solid year for Pete Johnson at Tatuaje Cigars. There were some nice twists to the cigars announced/released during the summer months. First up, there is a new Actors Series cigar for the first time in nine years; second, there is a new twist on a Monsters Series release; third, there […]
Tonight, Prime Time hits the three year milestone for broadcasting, and we are bringing back the one and only Pete Johnson to mark the occasion. We will catch up on the happenings at Tatuaje, plus get Pete’s opinions on a variety of industry topics. This will be an episode that you will not want to […]
Our Prime Time December to Remember continues and tonight we are honored to have the one and only Pete Johnson as our Special Guest for Episode 77. Pete is on for the whole episode as we will cover all things Tatuaje. In our Debonaire Ideal segment we talk earthquakes. Finally, in our Deliberation Segment we […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, the Surrogates brand unveiled a second size in its Satin Glove line, a 6 x 54 box-pressed Toro. Satin Glove made its debut in 2014 as the first San Andres wrapped offering in the Surrogates line. At the time it was released in a single size, a 7 x […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, the Surrogates brand unveiled its eighth blend in the series, appropriately called the Surrogates Eight Baller. The Eight Baller consists of a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler. It is available in one size – a 5 3/4 x 56 box-pressed packaged in 20-count boxes. It […]
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 […]
Five years ago Pete Johnson launched L’Atelier Imports with brother K.C. Johnson and friends Dan Welsh and Sean “Casper” Johnson. One of the company’s first releases was an eponymous release known as L’Atelier. What makes the L’Atelier unique is it incorporates a wrapper known as Sancti Spiritus. Sancti Spiritus is a tobacco that is a hybrid between Criollo and Pelo […]
