In 2022 Tatuaje’s Surrogates brand celebrated its tenth anniversary releasing a cigar known as the Surrogates Big Ten. In addition to it being the 10th anniversary, this also happened to be the tenth blend released under the Surrogates line. At the time of that release, the Surrogates Big Ten was released in Tatuaje’s signature Britanicas […]
Tatuaje has announced it is retiring 22 SKUs in the U.S. market. Included in the streamlining is the retirement of the Tatuaje Mexican Experiment II line as well as the value-priced lines of El Suelo and Trocadero. The following are the lines being retired. Tatuaje says they will not be stocking these items in the […]
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 […]
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 features an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper over all Nicaraguan tobacco . It comes in Tatuaje’s signature Britanicas Extra perfecto which is a 5 3/8 x 48 perfecto. This […]
2018 marked the 15th anniversary of Tatuaje Cigars, but at this year’s IPCPR it was so much more than anniversary cigars. At this year’s booth, we saw the return of some older lines, some line extensions, and some special projects coming out of Miami Florida – the place where it all started for Pete Johnson […]
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 […]
At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, L’Atelier Imports unveiled its first new blend in the Surrogates line in three years with the 7th Sam. The 7th Sam introduces the first perfecto offering as well as the first Sumatra offering into the Surrogates brand. The 7th Sam gets its name from the fact that it uses seven different tobaccos […]
Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we termed “Assessment Updates”. The concept is the same, but the name is different. Agile Cigar Reviews 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 providing […]
A second size has been introduced to the Surrogates Crystal Baller blend. At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, L’Atelier Imports introduced Crystal Baller 646 – a 6 1/2 x 46 box-pressed Corona Gorda. Surrogates Crystal Baller was one of the first four offerings that was introduced under L’Atelier Imports Surrogates line. As with each of […]
