Nicholas Melillo

Just before the 2016 IPCPR Convention and Trade Show, Foundation Cigar Co. announced a new line: the Charter Oak. In an homage to his home…

If you show up at a Foundation Cigar Co. event sometime soon, there’s a new cigar you need to try, but you cannot buy it….

When the self-proclaimed chief of the broadleaf launched his own cigar company last year, the first cigar contained exactly zero broadleaf. One year later—and that has…

The sophomore year for Nicholas Melillo is a big one. There are three new lines and extensions. To give you an idea, the Foundation Cigar…

Nicholas Melillo is very proud to be from Connecticut and while he’s already got one release using Connecticut broadleaf, he has another cigar coming out…

Nicholas Melillo will have a pair of new cigar lines to show off to the cigar industry this summer, the previously announced The Upsetters and a…

Rick Ardito will be joining Foundation Cigar Co. as the brand manager for the company’s upcoming line, The Upsetters. Ardito is best known for his time…

Nicholas Melillo’s latest cigar, The Upsetters, will be distributed by Miami Cigar & Co. The Upsetters is the sophomore release from Melillo’s Foundation Cigar Co., and…

Nicholas Melillo has a new cigar. Next month, his Foundation Cigar Co. will release The Upsetters, an eight-size line that features Jamaican tobacco in the…

There are some that look forward to this award even more than our top 25 list, and I understand why. Factory of the Year isn’t…

Launching a new company is a significant challenge, a big part of which is making sure that what you promise gets delivered and that there…