La Barba’s Ricochet line is expanding. At the 2019 IPCPE Trade Show, the company will release the La Barba Crü Mexi-Sol – a cigar that will introduce a Mexican Sungrown wrapper offering under the Ricochet line. The “crü Mexi-Sol” is a play on the Mexican Sungrown wrapper. The blend also features an Indonesian binder and […]
Cigar News: La Barba Ricochet Heads to Stores
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La Barba Cigars’ Ricochet is now heading to stores. Ricochet is the company’s San Andres Maduro offering. Ricochet was originally launched at the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show under the name “Primitivo”, however this past September La Barba Cigars’ owner Tony Bellatto announced the name change due a potential trademark conflict. While the name of the cigar has changed, […]
Cigar News: La Barba Renames Primitivo to Ricochet
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La Barba’s upcoming maduro offering will have a new name. Today the company announced that due to an unintentional trademark issue, the cigar that was slated to be called “Primitivo” will be renamed to “Ricochet”. As a result of the name change, there are some minor shipping delays that have resulted and the cigar will […]
Feature Story: Spotlight on La Barba Cigars at the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show
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After the past two years as a part of the Caldwell Cigar Company booth, Tony Bellatto and La Barba Cigars headed into their own headquarters at the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show. Bellatto had a couple of new releases as he continues to organically grow his brand. La Barba Cigars, along with Matt Booth’s Room 101 Cigars, are […]
Cigar News: La Barba One and Only 2018 Launching at the Trade Show
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At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, La Barba Cigars will showcase a new 2018 version of One and Only – a cigar first released in 2016. Back in 2016, the first One and Only cigar was released. At the time, Tony Bellatto of La Barba Cigars ran into some very well-aged tobaccos that he […]
Cigar News: La Barba Primitivo to Launch at 2018 IPCPR
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At this year’s 2018 IPCPR Trade Show and Convention in Las Vegas, Tony Bellatto and La Barba Cigars will introduce their third core line to market called “Primitivo”. It also marks the first maduro to be released in the La Barba portfolio. “I was trained professionally in wine and spirits, I wanted to bring that […]
Prime Time Episode 48: Tony Bellatto, La Barba Cigars
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On Episode 48 of the Prime Time Show, we welcome Tony Bellatto He is the man behind La Barba Cigars and one of the principals involved with the Lost & Found project. Tony’s also a wine sommelier, and we will dive into his background in this area on our Debonaire Ideal. Finally, on our Deliberation […]
Announcement: Prime Time Show Episode 48 – Tony Bellatto, La Barba Cigars; 4/5/18 10pm Eastern, 7pm Pacific
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Tonight on Episode 48 of the Prime Time Show, we welcome Tony Bellatto He is the man behind La Barba Cigars and one of the principals involved with the Lost & Found project. Tony’s also a wine sommelier, and we will be covering wine in both our Debonaire Ideal and Deliberation segments. All of this […]
Cigar Review: La Barba Purple Robusto
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The La Barba Purple is the second line that was released by La Barba Cigars. La Barba Cigars is a company founded by Tony Bellatto and Craig Rossi in 2010. The name La Barba translates to “beard” and is a tribute to the beards the company founders had. In 2013 the company brought its first […]
Cigar News: La Barba Introducing New Bands for Red and Purple
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At this year’s IPCPR Trade Show, Tony Bellatto’s La Barba Cigars is introducing some new band designs for its La Barba Red and La Barba Purple lines. “We have decided to update our bands, we feel that the straight razor has really made the brand iconic and I wanted to really exemplify it as the […]