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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 […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Highclere Castle would introduce its first limited-edition cigar, the Highclere Castle Senetjer. Highclere Castle is the brand in partnership between Foundation Cigar Company and George Herbert, the 8th Earl of Carnarvon and the owner of the famed Highclere Castle Estate located in Hampshire, England. The name Senetjer […]
Foundation Cigar Company often themes its cigars around different cultures. Over the years, the branding of Foundation has paid homage to the cultures of Nicaragua, Ethiopia, Egypt, Jamaica, and England as well as Melillo’s home state of Connecticut. That continued in 2023 as the owner Nicholas Melillo’s company’s new releases honored Nicaragua, Ethiopia, and Connecticut. […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Foundation Cigar Company will introduce a special line extension to the Tabernacle line in the form of a 6 3/4 x 52 perfecto known as The Tabernacle Knight Commander. It’s a cigar that has a charitable and philanthropic angle. The inspiration behind Tabernacle Knight Commander derives from […]