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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 [...]

News: Drew Estate Releases Small Batch of Liga Privada Único Serie Ratzilla

Less than three weeks after offering the Ratzilla for sale for the first time at a Casa de Montecristo event, Jonathan Drew of Drew Estate confirmed a small quantity of cigars from a 2011 batch will be shipped out to various retailers across the country, including over 100 bundles for an event at Jeff Borysiewicz’s [...]

News: White House Petition Reaches 25,000 Signatures

The White House petition asking President Obama to tell the Food & Drug Administration not to regulate the premium cigar industry reached the required 25,000 signatures on Wednesday evening and will now be forwarded to the Obama administration for an official response. “It has been great to see so many people get involved in our Democratic [...]

News: Tatuaje Little Monsters Sizes & Pricing Revealed

Pete Johnson of Havana Cellars/Tatuaje has confirmed the five dimensions for the much anticipated Tatuaje Little Monsters release slate for June. The five sizes are (in order of appearance): Tatuaje Mini Mumm — 5 3/4 x 42 Tatuaje Wolfie — 5 1/2 x 48 Tatuaje Baby Face — 4 3/8 x 50 Tatuaje Lil’ Drac [...]

Weekly News (February 6, 2012)

Editor’s Note: This one is pretty simple. There are some technical issues plaguing the site currently. We know of two somewhat major issues. First and foremost, commenting from a computer seems to not be working, although commenting from mobile devices seems to be working fine. We are trying to resolve this issue and think we [...]

Weekly News (May 23, 2011)

We are fifty-five days out from the start of the IPCPR tradeshow in Las Vegas. Brands are quietly showing off their “secret” unannounced products for the show, nightlife is being planned, and, there is still zero word on bloggers and their status in the show. I don’t plan on commenting on the details of the [...]

Weekly News (May 9, 2011)

I could refer to a lot of points of the year as “the calm before the storm.” But, for the month of May that will be the motto. Slowly over the course of the next few weeks details will begin to emerge about the newest releases for the 2011 IPCPR show in Las Vegas,

Weekly News (August 23, 2010)

Sorry for the delay, things are going to be hectic for the next week or so… Anyways, in a week that cannot be better than described than “IPCPR recovery week” there was actually a bit of news. While most of the initial IPCPR releases are starting to ship, a few are being formally announced via [...]