Nicholas Melillo

Foundation Cigars and Highclere Castle Re-Release Senetjer in Honor of King Tut’s Discovery

November 13, 2023

Foundation Cigar Company is shipping its Highclere Castle Senetjer. Senetjer is now an annual November release of 500 boxes to commemorate the discovery of King ...

Ligero Tobacco Unveils Revamped Foundation Cigar Lounge

November 7, 2023

Foundation Cigar Co. is remodeling its Buford, Georgia, cigar lounge in partnership with Ligero Tobacco House. The lounge originally opened in 2017.Ligero Tobacco House is ...

Foundation Shipping the Tabernacle Knight Commander

November 1, 2023

Foundation Cigar Company is now shipping the Tabernacle Knight Commander, a 6 3/4 x 52 Perfecto ($40) with a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, San Andrés Mexican ...

Foundation’s El Güegüense to launch at Mickey Blake’s in Milford, Conn.

September 22, 2015

Foundation Cigar Company — which was founded by Nicholas Melillo and recently launched its first cigar brand, El Güegüense — has announced that that brand will begin ...

Foundation Cigar to debut El Güegüense, its first brand

July 15, 2015

Nick Melillo is back in the premium cigar game with his new company, Foundation Cigar Company, and its debut cigar, El Güegüense (pronounced gweh-GWEN-seh). ...