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 […]
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 […]
#11 La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor We are just outside the Top 10 of “30 Cigars in 31 Days” – my review of the Top 30 Cigars of 2010. The decision on what sticks to place in the Top 10 was very difficult. It is perhaps this stick that was the most difficult to […]
La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor Magnifico La Aroma de Cuba was introduced as Ashton Cigars’ foray into the value-priced cigar-range (Sticks I categorize in the $5 to $7 price range that I would consider high quality) Over the past year, Ashton worked with the legendary Don Pepin Garcia to re-blend the base La Aroma […]
Don Pepin Garcia has truly established himself as one of the legends in the cigar business. One thing Pepin has done a great job at doing is collaborating with many of the big name cigar manufacturers and working on blends for them. For Ashton Cigars, Pepin worked on the San Cristobal blend. This cigar has […]
