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News: Tatuaje HCS Reserva Heads to Holt’s in October

Philadelphia-based Holt’s will be receiving a new Tatuaje HCS later this month, this time with a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. The Tatuaje HCS #1 Reserva is an identical 5 1/4 x 50 to the original HCS #1 launched for Holt’s in 2010. The cigar will be released at consecutive events beginning on October 25. According to [...]

Review: Tatuaje TAA 2012

As we wrote in March and again in August, the Tobacconists Association of America held its annual convention, which took place March 25-29 in Los Cabos, Mexico. While that in of itself is not something to get overly excited about, this was also the time when Pete Johnson of Tatuaje Cigars took orders for one of [...]

IPCPR 2012: Tatuaje & L’Atelier Imports

Pete Johnson sat down with halfwheel and talked a lot, and about all sorts of things—including the upcoming 10 year anniversary of Tatuaje. He also talked about his new company, L’Atelier Imports, which made its national debut at IPCPR 2012 after a bit of a preview in the form of Surrogates at New Havana Cigars [...]

News: Tatuaje TAA 2012 Slated for September

Pete Johnson is preparing the second release of his popular exclusive release for the Tobacconists Association of America, the Tatuaje TAA 2012. Last year, Johnson released the TAA 2011 based off the popular Pork Tenderloin and subsequent Barclay Rex. Johnson took to Twitter to field questions about what size people wanted: And eventually settled on 6 [...]

Review: Tatuaje The Old Man and the C (Prerelease)

One of Tatuaje’s most revered blends is the Private Reserve, otherwise known as the Black Label blend. Ever since the original release of the Corona Gordas vitola in ceramic jars back in 2008, it has become one of the hottest releases Pete Johnson has produced. Word came down last year that Johnson was going to [...]

Review: Tatuaje Black Label Lancero (Prerelease)

For many—myself included—Tatuaje’s new Old Man and the C was one of the most anticipated releases of IPCPR 2012 for one major reason, the Tatuaje Black Label Lancero. The Old Man and the C was first introduced last year in the El Triunfador blend, featuring a Lancero, the El Triunfador Lancero Limited, and a Culebra [...]

Weekly News (August 6, 2012)

Editor’s Note: As is often the case with the Weekly News that falls closest to IPCPR, it’s the news without any IPCPR-related stories. Show coverage will continue through the week. Two More Additions to Tatuaje’s Mexican Experiment — Here and here. SAG Takes Over Regius Distribution in the U.S. — Press release here. José Seijas [...]

News: Three J’s Gets Tatuaje Mexican Experiment Toro Gordo

In addition to the shipment of the Tatuaje Mexican Experiment Belicoso, a Toro Gordo (6 x 54) went to Three J’s Cigar Emporium in Florida. Only 25 bundles of 15 were made and the cigars retail for $8.00. When asked if there were additional vitolas of the Mexican Experiment, Pete Johnson replied, “There are no [...]

News: Tatuaje Mexican Experiment Belicoso Heads to Virginia

Pete Johnson’s Havana Cellars has shipped a third size of the Tatuaje Mexican Experiment to two Virginia stores. The Tatuaje Limited Series Mexican Experiment Belicoso (5 x 52) is the third size, joining the Robustos and Toros released in late May, both of which were also regional specific. “That was another size in the experiment that [...]

Review: Tatuaje Little Boris

In 2008, Pete Johnson announced his first Monster Series release, The Frank, named after the movie monster of the 1931 classic film. After the fanfare that release attracted, Pete announced another release, the so called Actors Series, which was supposedly going to be another line, each one named after the film star that played in [...]