The 1920’s Jazz Age changed America. The new music moved people. New Orleans, “The Great Gatsby”, prohibition, radio and a national urge to cut loose after a decade of WWI and Spanish Flu. Music and cultures mashed together. Seattle Pipe Club’s new Virginia Jazz is a very special Virginia / Perique blend that starts with a base of 10-year old…
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SEATTLE PIPE CLUB HOGSHEAD SIGNATURE
Welcome the inaugural blend in Seattle Pipe Clubs’ Signature Series! Starting in 1612, John Rolfe and his then wife Pocahontas, of the Jamestown Colony, began growing tobacco, naming the strain they grew after their plantation, which they called Varina Farms Plantation. This particular tobacco became known as “Virginia Tobacco.” The tobacco was shipped worldwide on ships. To keep each lot…