Ashton Cigars is adding a new blend to its La Aroma de Cuba line of cigars, the La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor Reserva. Information has been published in the 7/24/12 issue of Cigar Insider and information has been provided to some retailers. The blend is a different blend from the original La Aroma de […]
News: Manny Ferrero Passes Away
On Wednesday morning (3/28/12) the cigar world was shocked to learn of the unexpected passing of Ashton Distributors’ Senior Vice President Manny Ferrero. Ferrero was 63 years old. Ferrero was in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico attending the annual Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) conference. He collapsed Tuesday night while on the dance floor at a […]
Assessment Updates: San Cristobal Elegancia and Tortuga 215 Edicion Limitada 2011
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system. Today, we assign numeric ratings to two previously assessed cigars- Ashton’s San Cristobal […]
Month in Review: August 2011
Most of the month of August has been spent on IPCPR wrap-up. There were three major news stories that broke at the end of the month. Major Stories First up, the cigar industry lost a legend. Edgar M. Cullman Sr, the longtime chariman, chief executive, and president of General Cigars passed away on August 28th […]
Cigar Review: San Cristobal Elegancia
San Cristobal Elegancia 2011 will long be remembered as the year of Ecuadorian/Connecticut Shade wrapper cigars. Many of the big name blenders have been working with these tobaccos in the cigars they have made. The challenge this is creating is that it is creating a lot of competition in retail humidors for cigars in […]
Cigar Preview: Ashton VSG Line Extension – Ashton VSG Pegasus (Part 47 of the 2011 IPCPR Series)
Note: The IPCPR Series is not over yet, but I believe based on my notes I have from IPCPR this is the last of the “Cigar Previews”. There are still plenty of cigars to be evaluated as a part of the 2011 IPCPR Series that will be forthcoming and included in the series. As I […]
Cigar Preview: San Cristobal Elegancia (Part 19 of the 2011 IPCPR Series)
San Cristobal Elegancia The collaboration between Don Pepin Garcia and Ashton Cigars has proven to be a good one – especially with the release of the San Cristobal and La Aroma de Cuba lines. At IPCPR 2011, a new line extension to the San Cristobal brand was unveiled – the San Cristobal Elegancia. The San […]
Cigar Review: La Aroma de Cuba Marquis
Last month, Ashton announced an addition to its popular “La Aroma de Cuba” line. This one is called the “Marquis”. Actually this cigar has been around for a few years, but was discontinued. In March of last year, Ashton Cigars brought back the Marquis as a promotional cigar for distribution at events. The cigar proved […]
Cigar Preview: La Aroma de Cuba Marquis
Today Ashton announced an addition to its popular “La Aroma de Cuba” line. This one is called the “Marquis”. Actually this stick has been around for a few years, but was discontinued. In March of last year, Ashton Cigars brought back the Marquis. However, it was only available as a promotional cigar at events. The […]
Opinion Page: Cigar Aficionado’s #6 – #10 Cigars
I’ve been pretty critical of Cigar Aficionado’s Top 25 list of Cigars over the past few years. While many of us might gripe about this list, this is still the barometer for what our industry looks at. When your cigar makes this list, you have arrived. When you are a retailer and you have a […]
