Tag: Nicholas Melillo
Cigar News: Foundation Announces Tabernacle Havana...
Posted by Emmett | Jun 12, 2019 | All, Featured, Foundation Cigar, IPCPR, News, Nicaragua, Nicholas Melillo | 0 |
Quick Cigar Review: Foundation | Menelik
Posted by Emmett | May 14, 2018 | All, Corojo, Featured, Foundation Cigar, Maduro, Nicholas Melillo, Robusto | 0 |
Top 25 Cigars of the Year – 2017
Posted by Emmett | Jan 5, 2018 | AJ Fernandez, All, AVO, Caldwell, Camacho, Carson Serino, Claudio Sgroi, Cornelius & Anthony, Crowned Heads, Davidoff, Dominican Republic, Don Pepin Garcia, Drew Estate, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust, Erik Espinosa, Featured, Fred Rewey, H. Upmann, Hector Alfonso Sr., Hendrik Kelner, Honduras, IPCPR, Jaime Garcia, Jon Huber, Jonathan Drew, My Father, Nicaragua, Nicholas Melillo, Nomad, Pete Johnson, Robert Caldwell, Robert Holt, RoMa Craft, Serino, Skip Martin, Southern Draw, Steve Saka, Tatuaje, Top 25, Willy Herrera | 0 |
Cigar News: Foundation Releases Animated Series ‘The Good, The Bad, and The Upsetters’
by Emmett | Oct 16, 2020 | All, Foundation Cigar, News, Nicaragua, Nicholas Melillo | 0 |
Foundation Cigars and The Foundation Art team in Nicaragua announced today a new web-based animated series ‘The Good, The Bad, and The Upsetters.’ The series will showcases one of Foundation’s first brands, The Upsetters. Three shorts have been released today, and more will follow monthly.
Read MoreCigar News: Foundation Announces Tabernacle David and Goliath
by Emmett | Oct 13, 2020 | All, Connecticut Broadleaf, Foundation Cigar, News, Nicaragua, Nicholas Melillo | 0 |
Foundation Cigar Company’s has announced two new sizes in the Tabernacle line: David and Goliath. Tabernacle was Nick Melillio’s second traditional premium cigar line, coming the year after El Güegüense. Tabernacle was his first Foundation cigar to use Connecticut broadleaf and out of reverence for the tobacco leaf, and tobacco tradition came the name, from Hebrew scripture: The Tabernacle – which housed the Ark of the Covenant before the building of the Temple of Solomon.
Read MoreCigar News: Foundation Announces Charter Oak Habano
by Emmett | Sep 8, 2020 | All, Foundation Cigar, News, Nicaragua, Nicholas Melillo | 0 |
Foundation Cigar Company is adding a Habano version of it’s Charter Oak line. The original launch of the Charter Oak came in two blends, Connecticut Shade and Connecticut Broadleaf. The line is value priced, but has always been regarded as one of the best inexpensive cigars on the market.
Read MoreCigar News: Foundation Announces El Güegüense 5yr Aniversario
by Emmett | Aug 20, 2020 | All, Foundation Cigar, News, Nicaragua, Nicholas Melillo | 0 |
Come September 2020, there will be a new El Güegüense cigar, in the form of the 5yr Aniversario Collector’s chest. Nicholas Melillo debuted the original El Güegüense as one of the first lines in his Foundation Cigar Company in 2015. Now the company is releasing a limited edition 4 ¾ by 60 Perfecto in a special blend for the 5 year anniversary.
Read MoreCigar News: Foundation Announces Event-Only “The Grasshopper”
by Emmett | Oct 31, 2019 | All, Foundation Cigar, News, Nicaragua, Nicholas Melillo | 0 |
The first event-only Foundation cigar, Menelik, became a national release earlier this year. Now, to replace that comes The Grasshopper. Like the original Menelik, The Grasshopper comes in packs of 5 cigars. However, the cigars in the pack are different blends, two with a San Andres Mexican wrapper, two with Candela wrapper, and one cigar with a barber pole of San Andres and Candela. The internals of the cigars is all the same using a Corojo binder from Jalapa, Nicaragua fillers from Esteli, Condega, and Jalapa Nicaragua. Each cigar measure 5 1/4 x 52.
Read MoreCigar News: Foundation Cigar to Make The Owl Shop 85th Anniversary Cigar
Foundation Cigar has partnered with The Owl Shop in New Haven, Connecticut to create a special cigar to celebrate their 85th anniversary. The Owl Shop opened in 1934 and offers cigars, coffee, cocktails, food, and even live blues and jazz. The cigar shop is located next to Yale University. The special cigar will be released at an event at the cigar shop September 19th from 7-9pm.
Read MoreBlind Cigar Review: Foundation | Menelik
by Zane G. | Aug 19, 2019 | Alan, All, Blind Cigar Reviews, Featured, Foundation Cigar, IPCPR, Isaac M., John A., Maduro, Mexican San Andres, Mickey T., Nicaragua, Nicholas Melillo, Rothschild, Ryan H. | 0 |
“I think it’s better than the sum of its parts. It smokes great, the ash was impressive, I liked the shape and ascetics of the cigar. It just could have been a bit more interesting in terms of flavor. It’s by no means bland or wispy in flavors but I’d have to be in the mood for a tobacco flavor profile to really enjoy it at the time. Still, I would recommend this if the price was right and the flavors are in your wheelhouse. ” -Alan (Eulogy)
Read MoreCigar News: Foundation Cigars Ships Menelik, #142 Lancero and Highclere Victorian
by Emmett | Aug 16, 2019 | Foundation Cigar, Nicholas Melillo | 0 |
This year, Foundation Cigars showed off three new products at IPCPR, all extensions of existing products. These included the Menelink, a previously event-only cigar, Tabernacle Havana Seed #142 lancero, a new size in the line, and the Highclere Victorian, a maduro followup to the previously Connecticut-shade wrapped Highclere Castle. All three of these products are now shipping to retailers.
Read MoreCigar News: Foundation Menelik Gets Limited Run Release
Foundation Cigar Company’s Menelik was up until now, an event-only cigar. Now, Nicholas Melillo is making this cigar available for sale in a limited production run. We reviewed the cigar and gave it a 91.
Read MoreCigar News: Foundation Announces Highclere Castle Victorian
by Emmett | Jun 18, 2019 | All, Foundation Cigar, IPCPR, News, Nicaragua, Nicholas Melillo | 0 |
Foundation Cigar Company released the original Highclere Castle in 2017. Now they are adding a line extension in the form of a maduro wrapper called Highclere Castle Victorian. This new blend will be shown off at IPCPR 2019 and will ship August 2019.
Read MoreCigar News: Foundation Announces Tabernacle Havana Seed CT 142 Lancero
by Emmett | Jun 12, 2019 | All, Featured, Foundation Cigar, IPCPR, News, Nicaragua, Nicholas Melillo | 0 |
Foundation Cigar Company has announced an extension to their Tabernacle Havana Seed CT 142 line, a Lancero. In keeping with the tradition of releasing a lancero extension to his new lines the following year, Nick Melillo is bringing this lancero to the 2019 IPCPR trade show and convention.
Read MoreCigar News: Foundation Refreshes Upsetters Packaging
by Emmett | Jun 7, 2019 | All, Foundation Cigar, News, Nicaragua, Nicholas Melillo | 0 |
Foundation Cigar Company is refreshing the packaging of their infused Jamaican line, Upsetters. Upsetters was first shown off at the 2016 IPCPR trade show and convention. The brand is inspired by the Jamaica’s musicians and created by Nick Melillo’s love for Jamaican tobacco and their culture. These new designs for the Upsetters were done by Foundation’s in-house creative laboratory, The ATOL Collective and were inspired by Jamaican album covers from the 1960’s.
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