If you follow the Mississippi River as it saunters between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, you will eventually stumble upon a Christmas sight so peculiar, so gloriously unreasonable, that it could only have been invented by people who know the river well and are on friendly terms with fire. Along those great earthen shoulders we call levees, the Christmas lights…
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Cringle Flake 2024 Limited Edition
This year’s blend is aged Red Virginas from 2020 that are pressed and sliced to showcase the dark side of the flue-cured leaf. The matured Virginias offer almost a Holiday Fruit Cake experience with hints of bread, dark fruits and spices in this exceptional limited edition mixture. (For those who missed out on the short run Krampusnacht release, exclusive to…
GOLDEN DAYS OF YORE 2024
The perfect blend to start the holiday retail season is here with Cornell & Diehl’s Golden Days of Yore. This festive Aromatic mixture of Red and Bright Virginias, Black Cavendish, Dark-Fired Kentucky, and Katerini are married with hints of ginger, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, and chocolate — topped with a dash of the best dark rum from Santa’s secret stash. Cut:…
SAVINELLI 2023 SAINT NICHOLAS PIPE
2023 marks the 11th anniversary of Savinelli’s Christmas edition pipes. Saint Nicholas pipes present a range of Savinelli’s best-selling shapes in a brand new limited edition colorway. Contrasting a warm, earthy fine rusticated finish, each pipe features a mouthpiece of proprietary, iridescent winter blue acrylic, the cooler tone complemented by accents of white acrylic and bright nickel evoking the season’s…
SUTLIFF 2022 CRINGLE FLAKE
Stoved US grown Red Virginias are Cavendished (I didn’t know that Cavendish had a verb form) and combined with Mark Ryan’s 2003 Perique to create a one-of-a-kind vintage blend. The whole leaf is then pressed and sliced into broken flakes. The Stoved Red Virginia’s that have been Cavendished, bring a slightly tart component while the nineteen year old Perique brings…
CIGAR ADVENT CALENDARS
In the last couple of years, the traditional children’s advent calendar has taken on a completely new life. There are now advent calendars for many types of interests that the 19th century German Lutherans that began the tradition might not recognize — calendars for Dogs, for Scotch Lovers, for Women’s Make-up, for Tequila Lovers, for Cats and, yes, Cigar Lovers.…
PETERSON 2022 CHRISTMAS PIPES
To say this year’s Peterson 2022 Christmas Pipe drop was robust might be an understatement. In this single release, there’s Army Smooth, Army Rusticated, Spigot Smooth and Spigot Rusticated – SIXTY individual options in all. Each year since 2009, Peterson has released a special-edition Christmas pipe, typically presenting an array of popular Classic shapes in a singular finish unique to…