Simón Beltré (SB) comes from the fourth generation of a family of tobacco growers in the Azua area, a region in the south of the Dominican Republic. In 1976, when he was 5 years old, Simón Beltré was introduced to tobacco growing, guided by his grandfather Andrés Beltré (Don Titi) and his father Alcibiades Beltré. The unique tobacco grown by the family and mainly produced for Andullo, was used to make Premium Hand Made cigars, helping local communities produce more than two million pounds per year. Simon Beltré early exposure to plantations and processing of the tobacco resulted in his current knowledge and passion for the enjoy the smoke, from which SB was born in 2017.
