Perique

Top 10 Cornell & Diehl Pipe Tobaccos for Perique Lovers

October 5, 2022 by Gabriel Bass

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In 2022, Cornell and Diehl began an exclusive partnership with 31 Farms, operated by the Roussel family, who have been producing Perique tobacco since the 1700s. The Roussels have a deep connection with the growing and processing of this rare varietal and use the most traditional techniques. The tobacco ... Read More

A Closer Look at Perique

June 19, 2020 by Jeffery Sitts

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Perique is an incredibly versatile blending component and one of the most interesting and complex types of tobacco. It's used to create numerous mixtures, often serving as a condimental tobacco to add nuance or complexity to a blend. Perique is steeped in tradition, having endured for centuries, its curing process passed ... Read More

Virginia and Perique Mixtures: A Varied Family of Pipe Tobacco

July 18, 2019 by Kaz C. Walters

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Virginia and Perique mixtures, or VA/Pers as they are sometimes referred to, are pipe tobacco blends consisting of one or more varieties of Virginias that have been lightly spiced with a small portion of Perique. Traditionally, the percentage of Perique in a blend is only three to five percent ... Read More

Life After McClelland

June 28, 2019 by Chuck Stanion

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Many have written to ask what I recommend as a replacement for McClelland, but there is no replacement for McClelland tobacco. Reasonable replications of particular blends are remotely possible, but not with the same ingredients used by McClelland, unless some tobacco company wants to start from the ground up ... Read More

A Custodian Of Tradition: Mark Ryan

October 13, 2015 by Adam O'Neill

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When an opportunity came up to sit down with Mark Ryan during a visit to our offices we jumped at the chance. After all, he's a key figure in pipe tobacco in the US, and possibly the world. Still, I wasn't sure what to expect. Every first hand account had the man as being intelligent and genial, yet he's such a controversial figure ... Read More

The King of Perique Visits SPC

August 21, 2015 by Adam O'Neill

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Low Country Pipe and Cigar, our brick and mortar store here in Myrtle Beach, played host last Friday to Mark Ryan, who was in town to promote his new Perique cigar, the 1881 Perique.