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Low Country Atalaya: Blending The Familiar And The Exotic

October 14, 2022 by Chuck Stanion

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Great pipe shops through the years have furnished their clientele with proprietary smoking mixtures of impressive quality. Consider, for example, Drucquer & Sons, Astley's, Kramer's, or W.Ø. Larsen, whose blends have maintained legendary popularity long after the originating shops closed their doors. ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Low Country Atalaya

October 12, 2022 by Shane Ireland

Welcome back to Tasting Notes, everyone. On this episode, I'll be reviewing something really interesting and unique: the first limited-edition blend in the Low Country line of pipe tobaccos. For those unfamiliar with the line, Low Country's stable of mixtures are manufactured by Cornell & Diehl exclusively for Smokingpipes and ... Read More

Top 10 Best-Selling Pure Virginia Pipe Tobaccos

August 18, 2022 by Truett Smith

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Virginia tobaccos are arguably the most ubiquitous of all pipe-tobacco components. Few blends would exist without Virginias — even Aromatics and Latakia-forward mixtures rely on Virginia leaf for balance and condimental complexity — and some blends, pure Virginias, entirely comprise the flue-cured leaf. ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Low Country Santee

July 7, 2022 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes! If you've been following this series recently, you should know that I've been slowly working my way through the entire Low Country line, and today I continue that journey with an in-depth review of Low Country's Santee — a delicious, tobacco-forward crossover blend that can and should be enjoyed by just about everyone. ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Low Country Black

May 4, 2022 by Shane Ireland

Welcome back to Tasting Notes, everyone. On today's episode, I'll be reviewing Low Country's Black, a unique English pipe tobacco crafted by Cornell & Diehl. For those of you who've missed my reviews over the past couple months, I've been slowly revisiting the Low Country line, and it's been such an interesting experience. After the release ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Low Country's Cooper

April 13, 2022 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes! On this month's episode Shane sits down to take a look at the only English in Low Country's line of tinned pipe tobaccos: Cooper — named for the cooper river in South Carolina. ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Low Country's Guendalose

March 9, 2022 by Shane Ireland

Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes. As promised, today I am continuing my journey to revisit Low Country Pipe and Cigar's impressive portfolio of blends. These mixtures are hand blended by Jeremy Reeves and Cornell & Diehl exclusively for Smokingpipes and our physical retail store, Low Country Pipe and Cigar — located right here in South Carolina. ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Low Country's Edisto

February 2, 2022 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes, everyone. Today I'll be taking a closer look at the most recent addition to Low Country's tinned tobacco portfolio: Edisto. Low Country pipe tobaccos are made by Cornell and Diehl exclusively for Smokingpipes.com and Low Country Pipe and Cigar, which is our brick and mortar retail store here in South Carolina. And this line ... Read More

Edisto Joins the Low Country Lineup

January 21, 2022 by Chuck Stanion

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Edisto is a pure Red Virginia Flake, refined in nuance and flavor, now added to the exclusive blends of Low Country Pipe and Cigar, Smokingpipes' brick-and-mortar tobacconist in Little River, SC. It's a shop to experience when visiting the Myrtle Beach area. Spacious and comfortable, it's a relaxing environment for having a cigar or pipe while lounging on the extraordinarily comfortable ... Read More

Summer Blend Rotation

June 21, 2016 by Daniel Bumgardner

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The temperature is steadily rising here in the southeastern US, and with it, across the office, the usual aromas of our typical cold-weather smokes are slowly evolving into a melange of sweet, delicious clouds. Naturally, this got me wondering: What tobacco says 'summer' to you?