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Review: Tatuaje HCS #1 Reserva

In late October, Pete Johnson introduced his newest Broadleaf-wrapped cigar, the Tatuaje HCS #1 Reserva for Holt’s. It is arguably the least-talked about Connecticut Broadleaf release for Havana Cellars this year, although the La Casita Criolla HCR makes a compelling case as well. We covered the details in a mid-October news story: Philadelphia-based Holt’s will [...]

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 [...]

Weekly News (October 15, 2012)

Editor’s Note: We changed how the RSS feed works, here’s why. Liga Privada Único Serie Velvet Rat Comes to Chicago This Week — Story here. 601 & Murcielago Move Factories — Exclusive here. CAO Hurricane Scheduled for November — Story here.  Tatuaje HCS Maduro Coming Later this Month — The above via Holts’ Anthony Mazzola. [...]

Review: Tatuaje Avion 12 (Prerelease)

At the 2011 IPCPR show, Tatuaje introduced the Avion, a limited production box-pressed Perfecto version of the Fausto blend. Each vitola is named for the year of its release, thus this year’s version will be dubbed the Avion 12. The blend for both the Fausto and the Avion is based off of the Tatuaje T110, (which in [...]

Review: Casa Fuente Double Robusto

This will be sixth cigar we’ve reviewed that is exclusive to the legendary Casa Fuente, yet it’s only the third Casa Fuente release. Despite being the first cigar ever reviewed on SmokingStogie and being reviewed on TheCigarFeed, we seem to be missing a definitive history on the Casa Fuente line. Casa Fuente is a cigar [...]

Review: Tatuaje Cojonu 2012 Capa Especial (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… In 2003, Tatuaje released it’s first cigar under the Cojonu (pronounced Co-ho-nu) banner, which is short for Cojonudo, Cuban slang for ballsy, obviously referring to the strength of the blend. The Cojonu releases are usually double banded (more on that below) with a regular brown label Tatuaje band on [...]

Weekly News (October 31, 2011)

Editor’s Note: Happy Halloween. It’s another relatively slow week of cigar news. It will be like this going forward for most of the rest of the year due to a variety of push and pull factors. I wouldn’t expect a whole lot of groundbreaking information leaking in the coming months, but then again surprises are [...]

Weekly News (September 5, 2011)

Editor’s Note: I’ve made a concerted effort not to speculate on the outcome of Fernandez v. García et al (i.e. the El Rey de los Habanos lawsuit) for a few reasons, but it seems the rumormill has continued to grind and perhaps now has reached a moment that deserves critique. While speculation about a settlement, [...]

News: Arturo Fuente Casa Cuba (Exclusive)

And the new Fuente line is… Casa Cuba. It’s long been rumored that Fuente would have a new line in the coming year and they dug deep in the family archives and have revived a name that is over a half-century old. Not much is known about the blend, pricing or sizes, but rumors suggest [...]

Ten Questions for 2011

Screw top ten lists… Okay, maybe not. My list will be out at some point for all four of you that care, but in the mean time, the important one. Without a doubt, 2010 has been an interesting time for cigars and 2011 has the potential to be even more interesting. Disclaimers: These aren’t in [...]