Belicoso

The Smoking Syndicate – Southern Draw Jacob’s Ladder Ascension

March 11, 2022 Ben Lee The Smoking Syndicate No Comments AJ Fernandez Cigars, Ascension, Belicoso, Jacob's Ladder, Mexican San Andres, nicaraguan, San Andres, Southern Draw

Southern Draw has released a new vitola to their popular Jacob’s Ladder line called the Ascension. The Ascension is a belicoso fino that has been aging since 2016 and was made by AJ Fernandez Cigars. The Jacob’s Ladder line is named for the son of Robert and Sharon Holt, Ethan Jacob Holt, of Southern Draw […]

The Smoking Syndicate – My Father Fonseca Belicoso

August 6, 2021 Ben Lee The Smoking Syndicate No Comments Belicoso, corojo, Corojo 99, Fonseca, My Father, Quesada, Rosado

My Father Cigars bought the Fonseca brand from Quesada Cigars in 2019, which had been making the iconic brand in the Dominican Republic since 1974. Quesada had been using a mixture of tobaccos from the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and the United States for their Fonseca cigars, but the new Fonseca from My Father is using […]