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News: Ashton Announces San Cristobal Coloso

Late last week Ashton announced the newest size fo the San Cristobal line, the Coloso. Measuring 6 3/4 x 62, the Coloso is the tenth regular production and largest vitola of the line, slightly larger than the Papagayo XXL, a 6 x 60 that previously held the title as being the largest in the line. [...]

News: Ashton Announces Several Promotions

Ashton recently sent out a letter to retailers and customers announcing several promotions to key members of their management team. In the letter dated March 1, Sathya Levin, the company’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, shared the trio of moves. Chip Goldeen is now the company’s Vice President of Sales, a title he [...]

Weekly News (January 28, 2012)

Editor’s Note: This week, the 2013 list of new releases will be updated, it’s a task and one that we’ve been a bit relaxed on launching, but by Friday a pretty good synopsis of what we know about will be out. It’s been a quiet January in terms of shipped releases, more so than the [...]

News: Ashton Prices Set to Increase

Numerous retailers across the country received word that Ashton prices will increase on February 1. In a letter sent to retailers, Ashton Distributors, Inc. indicated it was raising prices for the first time since 2009. A letter signed by Ashton President Robert Levin reads: I am writing to inform you that there will be a [...]

Review: La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor Reserva Romantico (Prerelease)

Back in July, we heard murmurs that Ashton was preparing a new La Aroma de Cuba as a follow-up to the Mi Amor. The La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor Reserva was announced shortly before the IPCPR trade show when Ashton informed a handful of top accounts via a letter. Here’s a copy of that [...]

IPCPR 2012: Ashton

The Ashton booth was at its normal pace—which is saying something given the overall traffic at the show. On display was a new La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor, a new size for Ashton cabinet, a few extensions that shipped before and the newly rebranded Bovedá packaging. La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor Reserva Oscuro [...]

Weekly News (July 30, 2012)

Editor’s Note: It’s the last Weekly News before IPCPR 2012 and it’s a busy one. The halfwheel guide to IPCPR will debut Wednesday morning and our IPCPR coverage continue all throughout the week. There will be plenty more tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday—as there is shockingly, a lot more to announce. In addition to visiting halfwheel, [...]

News: La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor Reserva Coming to IPCPR

Last week, select accounts were informed by Ashton of the new La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor Reserva. The line, which will debut at IPCPR, features a Mexican oscuro wrapper, as opposed to the San Andrés maduro on the regular Mi Amor. According to the printed sheet received by retailers there will be four box-pressed [...]

News: Ashton Announces La Aroma de Cuba El Jefe

Via their Facebook page on Wednesday, Ashton announced the forthcoming La Aroma de Cuba ‘El Jefe.’ From the post: Team Ashton in a grand collaboration with Jose “Pepin” Garcia, have raised the hurdle yet again with the newest and largest La Aroma de Cuba to date. The 7 x 58 “El Jefe” is an impeccably-constructed, [...]

Review: La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor Robusto Limitado TAA Edition

The Mi Amor Robusto Limitado is rolled for Ashton at My Father Cigars S.A. in Estelí, Nicaragua, the second La Aroma de Cuba line to get the Pepín treatment after the Edicíon Especial in 2009. The binder and filler are grown by the Garcías, while the wrapper is a Cuban seed that comes from the San [...]