btorvik2

No, the coffee kept him awake all night.

bernie
"Official ASC Shaman"

VSG = Virgin Sun Grown

This phrase has intriqued me. I am fairly sure that it does not refer to the
farmers, and non-virgin tobacco would seem to be at least once-used, and since
the use of tobacco is generally destructive - I don't get it.

Demonick

mickey

;-þ

mickey

BIDSIAHIELN!

mickey

What are you agin?

father dale

YMTWMPHAQAD
(You're more than welcome, Mark. Please have a Quality Army Day)

--
Father Dale, RangeMaster
Guns for Nuns, inc.
http://dlorr.home.att.net
a non-prophet web site

timl

To begin with, the VSG stands for Virgin Sun Grown. What this means is
that while the original Ashton uses a Connecticut shade wrapper, this
one is grown in the sun. I'm aware that some wrappers besides the
Connecticut are grown in the shade but the majority of the time I
would classify all non-Connecticut wrappers as Sun Grown. The Virgin
part comes from the fact that the original creation came from a farm
that had not produced tobacco before. I would therefore say that
Ashton Cabinet VSG produced after the first year are 'virgin' to the
extent that all brides are assumed to be virgin unless proved
otherwise regardless of appearances. So what's up with the Virgin Sun
Grown? Read 'marketing'. It's just a name to distinguish this cigar
from other fine Ashton cigars. Actually, Robert Levin, the president
of Holt's Cigar Company who imports the Ashton line, had wanted to
call them the Ashton Crowns but there were too many 'Crowns' on the
market already hence Virgin Sun Grown.

http://cigars.about.com/library/weekly/aa120702a.htm
--
TimL

timl

I forgot to say that I think Jeff Aiken articles are of his person
opinion and less FACT. I personally think that he's full of shit!!
--
TimL

bill berris

WTF?
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~Bill Berris
Modesto, CA
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btorvik2

Especially to the tobacco plant.

bernie

"Official ASC Shaman"