This week on Episode 13 Let’s Get Pairing (LGP), the boys feature the Charter Oak Pasquale from Foundation Cigars. In 2023, Nick Melilo expanded the budget-minded Charter Oak line with the more premium Especiales series as a tribute to his grandfathers, and the boys will be trying out their pairings with the Connecticut Broadleaf-wrapped Charter […]
Foundation Ships New Wise Man Corojo and Maduro lines
We visit with Foundation Cigar Company Nicholas Melillo and discuss changes to several of its core lines.
It’s pairings with the Charter Oak Pasquale!
Foundation Cigar Company is moving its production from Aganorsa Leaf (Agricola Ganadera Norteña S.A.). With this move, Foundation will also discontinue the El Güegüense and Wise Man Maduro lines produced out of Aganorsa.
Foundation Cigar Company has announced it is rebranding its Metapa line as Aksum.
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Foundation Cigar Company announced that Highclere Castle Senetjer, a limited edition project launched last year, would now be an annual release. This month, the 2023 release is heading to retailers. “There was such an outcry & love for Senetjer that we all thought an annual November […]
Foundation Cigar Company has announced it has begun shipping Metapa to its retailers. This is the brand that pays homage to Nicaraguan poet Rubén Dario and is Foundation’s first Sumatra-wrapped line. The line was introduced at the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show this past summer. “Metapa is a tribute to the poetic soul […]
United Cigars has announced it is re-releasing The Wise Man and Banoldero Firecrackers. The company says both cigars are ready to ship to retailers. The Firecracker is a 3 1/2 x 50 vitola with a long “fuse.” The United Cigars Firecracker series is also known for the many limited edition collaborations that have been done […]
Today, we look at a second blend from Foundation Cigar Company’s Olmec line, the Olmec Maduro. Olmec debuted at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, and like many lines in the Foundation Cigar portfolio, it pays homage to a particular culture. In this case, the culture is the Olmecs, the earliest known major […]
