This is the way I understand the situation. Pete Johnson commisions the creation of cigars. He has no rollers to lose. Don Pepin Garcia and his rollers and factorias in both Miami and Nic. blend and create the cigars. An historical analogy would be, Lorenzo di Medici providing the money for Rafael to paint. The artist is Don Pepin the benafactor is Mr. Johnson.
Doc.
That's mostly accurate. In the case of the Tatuaje cigars, Pete tells Pepin what he's looking for in terms of taste, Pepin then goes out and picks out appropriate tobacco from various farms, and has prototypes rolled. Pete then tastes the cigars, and indicates what he likes/doesn't like, what tastes to add to a blend, etc., and the process is repeated.
In any event, this thread gave Pete a nice chuckle. Suffice it to say there's no truth to it at all. Might want to set your vendor straight, Fetterjohn.
