Tatuaje – The Michael is the twelfth blend to be released in Tatuaje’s Monster Series. In 2017, Tatuaje Owner Pete Johnson announced that Tatuaje – The Michael and Tatuaje – The Bride were slated to be the 12th and 13th installments of its annual Monsters Series. Johnson also said these two blends would be the […]
Tatuaje has announced its plans for its 2018 Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) exclusive release. Since it’s the 50th anniversary of the TAA, the 2018 release is being called the Tatuaje TAA 50th. The Tatuaje TAA 50th will introduce a new liga into the annual release for the first time since 2014. This is the […]
The La Vérité is a brand of limited edition cigars that come from Pete Johnson and Tatuaje Cigars. Johnson is not only known as a world-renowned cigar maker, but someone who has an affinity for the wine industry. With La Vérité, Johnson was able to bridge these two passions. The La Vérité borrows a concept from the wine […]
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 […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, Pete Johnson and Tatuaje Cigars showcased the third installment of the La Vérité series. Very simply, La Vérité is a project that borrows from the wine industry in that it uses tobaccos from a single vintage year from a single farm. In this case, the vintage year […]
Even in the era of regulation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, single shop exclusives remain an integral part of the cigar industry. If there is one person who revolutionized the shop exclusive market in premium cigars, it is Pete Johnson of Tatuaje Cigars. Johnson is known for creating some of the most high-profile […]
In 2016, Tatuaje Cigars’ owner Pete Johnson introduced a new cigar under the Tatuaje Reserva line called the Tatuaje Reserva K222. The K222 pays homage to Johnson’s late Rottweiler named Kona. The K222 name is derived from the “K” in Kona combined with the time he passed away (2:22 pm) on April 26, 2015. The blend is […]
Tatuaje Cigars owner Pete Johnson announced on social media the list of the thirteen “Unlucky Retailers” who were chosen to receive custom dress boxes of the tenth installment of his annual Monsters Series – The Michael. As the name indicates, this Monster pays homage to the character of Michael Myers from the Halloween horror movie series. Dress […]
Each year, the Tatuaje TAA release is arguably been the most anticipated installment of the annual Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series. Now the seventh installment, the Tatuaje TAA 2017 is slated to head to retailers. The Tatuaje TAA 2017 will once again bring back a size familiar to many fans of this series – a box-pressed 6 […]
The Négociant Monopole is billed as a joint collaboration release between Tatuaje Cigars and L’Atelier Imports. It was back in 2012 when Tatuaje Cigars’ founder Pete Johnson launched L’Atelier Imports. L’Atelier Imports was spun off as a separate company from Tatuaje in which Johnson would partner with his brother K.C. Johnson and friends Dan Welsh and […]
