This year the story was that Ashton had a booth again. Last year, Ashton had opted to go with an open space with tables for taking orders. While the 2022 Ashton booth was not as big as in the past, it still provided a nice display for its products. This year, what was new to […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Ashton Cigars announced its San Cristobal “Fresh Pack” sampler. It’s a sample of five of Ashton’s San Cristobal cigars in a humidified pouch. The San Cristobal Fresh Pack adds to four Fresh Packs that Ashton has released under its La Aroma de Cuba line. The five […]
At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Ashton Cigars launched a new line under its La Aroma de Cuba line, the La Aroma de Cuba Pasión. Ashton is not a company known for putting out a lot of new releases. In fact the last time Ashton launched a whole new line was 2016’s San […]
Our team’s visit to the Ashton booth was quite interesting. We actually made two visits to the booth. The first day we somehow got on the topic of our first Ashton smoking experiences, and it seemed like we each had a memory to tell. On the second day, we got a chance to interview Vice […]
For the 11th year, the Cigar Coop brand will be providing coverage of the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show and Convention. This is also the 11th consecutive trade show we are covering and are proud to be a part of a very small group of media to say that. Our four-part series for the 2021 PCA Trade Show has you […]
Ashton Cigars has announced the launch of a new line under its La Aroma de Cuba brand, the La Aroma de Cuba Pasión. La Aroma de Cuba is an all-Nicaraguan cigar that features tobaccos from the Garcia family farms in Nicaragua. In particular, the Pasión features a Shade Grown wrapper from the field of Naramji, […]
Ashton Cigar unveiled its sixth vitola under its San Cristobal Quintessence line. The cigar is now available to retailers and will be showcased at the 2021 PCA Trade Show scheduled to open July 10 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Like the other blends of the Ashton’s San Cristobal and La Aroma de Cuba brands, the San Cristobal […]
This month, Ashton Distributors has shipped a revamped version of its La Aroma de Cuba Edición Especial. This features an upgraded blend, new packaging, and a new size. The blend features an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler. While Ecuadorian Havana was used on the previous blend, for this iteration of the […]
“Holding the line” is a term I use to describe those companies that come into the IPCPR with no new product and no new packaging. It’s the final article of our 2019 IPCPR Coverage – and at times it is the most challenging one to write. Namely, what exactly do you write – that the […]
And then there are those companies that go into IPCPR and don’t feel the pressure to release anything new. I refer to these companies as ones who “hold the line”. Many will argue – how can you put the “Spotlight” on companies that didn’t release anything. In a way, this article is a different type […]
