Jared Ingrisano Announces Launch of MB Fuma

A new brand of cigars named MB Fuma was created as an homage to Italian heritage in Nicaragua.

According to a press release, MB Fuma will launch with two core lines named Straight Off The Boat and Consegna Speciale, both of which will begin shipping to retailers at the end of October. In addition, the company will be releasing a third line named NOV30, which is scheduled to be released on Nov. 30.

The brand was founded by Jared Ingrisano,  co-founder of Favillii Trading LLC and former president of Mombacho Cigars S.A. All of MB Fuma’s cigars are being made at the AgroIndustrial Nicaraguense de Tabacos S.A. cigar factory located in Condega, Nicaragua.

“MB Fuma creates premium cigars that are manufactured with traditional techniques and creates brand lines that pay homage to MBF’s Italian heritage by uniquely celebrating the Italian artisanship and design so loved by the world,” reads a press release. “Launching first in designated key accounts, a part of the company’s strategy is to prioritize retail shops with owners of Italian heritage and/or stores located in the traditional Italian neighborhoods of America.”

The first release is named Straight Off the Boat, which celebrates “the Italian immigrants of the Americas, but especially those of Nicaragua who enriched and beautified the nation.” Straight Off the Boat will be available in two different incarnations made up of all Nicaraguan tobacco: the Alla Brace features a maduro wrapper, while the Cazza La Randa is made with a habano wrapper.

• Straight Off the Boat Cazza La Randa Habano Robusto (5 x 54) — $9 (Box of 20, $180) (Box of 6, $54)
• Straight Off the Boat Cazza La Randa Habano Torpedo (6 1/4 x 52) — $10 (Box of 20, $200) (Box of 6, $60)

• Straight Off the Boat Allla Brace Maduro Robusto (5 x 54) — $9 (Box of 20, $180) (Box of 6, $54)
• Straight Off the Boat Allla Brace Maduro Torpedo (6 1/4 x 52) — $10 (Box of 20, $200) (Box of 6, $60)

MB Fuma will also be releasing Consegna Speciale, which translates to “Special Delivery” in Italian. The Nicaraguan puro will launch in a singular 4 x 49 Rothschild vitola and is made up of a habano wrapper, Jalapa binder and filler tobaccos from the Condega and Estelí growing regions.

It has an MSRP of $7.75 per cigar and is offered in both boxes of six cigars and 25 cigars.

NOV30 is comprised of a Nicaraguan maduro wrapper, a binder from Condega and Condega and Jalapa filler tobaccos. The cigar gets its name from the date of Nov. 30, which is also when the Feast Day of Saint Andrew is commemorated.

It has an MSRP of $12 per cigar and is offered in boxes of six and 20 cigars.

Next year, there will be a 4 x 46 corona vitola named La Rapier added to the NOV30 line, but pricing and availability of that cigar will be announced at a later date.

Editor’s Note: The feature image and the image for the NOV30 cigars has been replaced at the request of Jared Ingrisano.

Brooks Whittington

I have worn many hats in my life up to this point: I started out as a photojournalist for the Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, then transitioned to photographing weddings—both internationally and in the U.S.—for more than a decade. After realizing that there was a need for a cigar website containing better photographs and more in-depth information about each release, I founded my first cigar blog, SmokingStogie, in 2008. SmokingStogie quickly became one of the more influential cigar blogs on the internet, known for reviewing preproduction, prerelease, rare, extremely hard-to-find and expensive cigars, and it was one of the predecessors to halfwheel, which I co-founded.