PCA 2026: Foundation Cigar Co.
Just weeks before the start of the 2025 PCA Convention & Trade Show, a fire broke out in the packaging room at the main AJ Fernande...
From The Farm: Nick Melillo On Connecticut’s Unique Soil
Connecticut is known for having soil that is perfect for growing tobacco plants, and Nick Melillo, owner of Foundation Cigar Co., expla...
“Titans of Tobacco” Raises More Than $228,000 For Cigar Rights Of America
Jazz music, cigar smoke and the shouts of passionate bidders drifted over the swimming pool at the Tamarack Country Club in Greenwich, ...
Foundation Cigar Company Announces Canadian Distribution with Brigham Enterprises
Foundation Cigar Company announced today a new exclusive national distribution partnership with Brigham Enterprises, one of Canada’s mo...
From the Farm to the Flame: Exclusive Interview with Nick Melillo
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Nicholas Melillo Interview: Cigar Blender and Foundation Cigars Founder
What goes in to making a great cigar? Follow Cigar Blender and Foundation Cigar founder Nicholas Melillo’s journey from the fields of N...
Master Blenders Pt. 2: Nick Melillo, Founder of Foundation Cigars
The last time Cigar Advisor had a chance to sit down with Nick Melillo was 2018. At the time, Foundation Cigar Company had only been in...
Q&A: Nick Melillo, Owner, Foundation Cigar Co.
Nick Melillo, 39, has spent most of his professional life in the tobacco business. Fresh out of high school, he went straight to tobacc...