Shane Ireland

Tasting Notes: Cornell & Diehl We Three Kings

Tasting Notes: Cornell & Diehl We Three Kings

August 28, 2025 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes. Today I'm revisiting an old friend, Cornell & Diehl's We Three Kings, available now. It's one of three Cornell & Diehl holiday blends meant to commemorate the holiday season, and actually We Three Kings ... Read More

Global Pipe-Making Exposition 2025: In Memoriam

Global Pipe-Making Exposition 2025: In Memoriam

August 12, 2025 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome to 2025's Global Pipe-Making Exposition: In Memoriam. With this year's Global Pipe-Making Exposition, we've invited carvers from all around the world to pick one figure, whether it's an artisanal pipe maker, a brand owner, or a designer who's no longer with us that they would like to pay tribute to; someone who is influential not only to the broader pipe world, ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Cornell & Diehl Small Batch Sun Bear Navy Cask

Tasting Notes: Cornell & Diehl Small Batch Sun Bear Navy Cask

August 5, 2025 by Shane Ireland

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In this episode of Tasting Notes, I was able to discuss something very special. Sun Bear season has arrived, and Jeremy Reeves and his team at Cornell & Diehl have outdone themselves with a new iteration on this fan-favorite pipe tobacco. Today I will be smoking Small Batch: Sun Bear Navy Cask ... Read More

XXV Reserve Dawn and Dusk Blends: Celebrating 25 Years of Smokingpipes

XXV Reserve Dawn and Dusk Blends: Celebrating 25 Years of Smokingpipes

July 11, 2025 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes. As usual, today I'm here to discuss something very exciting. This has been in the works for a long time and it is a commemorative project to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Smokingpipes.com: XXV Reserve Dawn and XXV Reserve Dusk, both featuring ... Read More

Mystery Review: June 2025

Mystery Review: June 2025

June 26, 2025 by Shane Ireland

Welcome to another episode of Mystery Review, our monthly series in which our panel of experts attempts to identify a mystery tobacco or cigar. For June's edition, our guest inquisitor is Mike Palmer, the National Sales Manager of Powstanie Cigars. Will his mysterious submission leave us bewildered ... Read More

Chatting with Steve Saka at the PCA Trade Show

Chatting with Steve Saka at the PCA Trade Show

June 11, 2025 by Shane Ireland

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In this interview at the Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Shane Ireland sat down for his annual chat with Steve Saka of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust. This time, we got their conversation on film. ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Low Country Pee Dee

Tasting Notes: Low Country Pee Dee

June 10, 2025 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes. I'm really thrilled to be here today to talk about the latest core-line addition to the exclusive line of tobaccos made by Jeremy Reeves and Cornell & Diehl for our shop here in South Carolina ... Read More

A Deeper Look at Former Pipes & His Influence on Danish Pipe Making

A Deeper Look at Former Pipes & His Influence on Danish Pipe Making

June 5, 2025 by Shane Ireland

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In this episode of "All Pipes Considered," Truett Smith and I chat about a living legend who is one of the most influential pipe makers of modern times: Hans "Former" Nielsen. ... Read More

Tasting Notes: G.L. Pease Ellipsis Flake

Tasting Notes: G.L. Pease Ellipsis Flake

April 29, 2025 by Shane Ireland

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In this episode of "Tasting Notes," I was on location at 31 Farms in St. James Parish, Louisiana, to discuss G.L. Pease's fourth entry into his Zeitgeist Collection: Ellipsis Flake. This flake-cut, pressed mixture combines Virginias, Orientals, and a bit of Perique, tasty and naturally ... Read More

Tasting Notes: BriarWorks Smokehouse

Tasting Notes: BriarWorks Smokehouse

April 22, 2025 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes. I was recently on location here in a very old tobacco barn probably from at least around the 1940s not only because the vibes are impeccable and because I love old tobacco barns but because I was smoking the new addition to BriarWorks' pipe-tobacco line to commemorate ... Read More

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