This week there will be a new member to the Surrogates line released, the AKC. The cigar is a nod to Dan Welsh’s dog, Kenji,...Read More

This year has been rather quiet when it comes to the L’Atelier brands, notable because in 2018, Pete Johnson announced that he would be merging...Read More

Earlier this year, Pete Johnson announced that his two cigar companies would be one, phasing out the younger L’Atelier Imports and folding its brands into...Read More

Tatuaje will be adding two new Surrogates cigars at this month’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show. One is a broadleaf-wrapped version of the company’s Crystal...Read More

Placing large amounts of tobacco varietals in cigars has become someone of a theme of late. Perhaps the most notable is the Alec Bradley Fine...Read More

I had an early flight to the Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival and a redux review I needed to tackle, so I spent five minutes opening...Read More

In July, L’Atelier Imports will expand its Surrogates line with a new version of the Crystal Baller blend in a 6 1/2 x 46 size....Read More

L’Atellier Imports officially launched at the 2012 IPCPR Convention and Trade Show after having started with the first two Surrogates lines as store exclusives for...Read More

Tomorrow, L’Atelier Imports will release the Surrogates Animal Cracker AC550 at The Smoking Tent Event 2016, an event hosted by Tinder Box Easton. The good news...Read More

“Because you asked over and over,” is how Dan Welsh, one of L’Atelier Imports’ co-founders, Instagram post announcing the cigar began. Inevitably people wanted a...Read More

A while back, Casper Johnson sat down with us for the first installment of the short-lived HALFWHEEL X and told us about one new product in the...Read More