Last month Nicholas Melillo announced the formation of his cigar company, Foundation Cigar Company. Details of the company’s debut cigar named “El Güegüense” have now surfaced. El Güegüense will keep close to the ties Melillo has made in Nicaragua as the cigar not only features 100% Nicaraguan tobaccos but is a reflection of some of the […]
A little over a week after Nicholas Melillo’s Foundation Cigar Company was announced, it has now announced its first significant hire. The company named David Sather as Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Distribution. Sather will be based at the company’s Connecticut headquarters. Sather worked at Drew Estate from 2000 to 2011. He started out […]
Nicholas Melillo, former vice president and director of tobacco and production at Drew Estate has announced the formation of his own company, Foundation Cigar Company. Melillo were serve as president and CEO of the company. The company will be based in his home state of Connecticut, but production will be done in Nicaragua. While details of […]
