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29 ianuarie 2008
"Sastiseala de la 1800" de Subsonique
Top tutunuri ianuarie 2008
Numarul reprezinta numarul de review-uri de 4 stele.
Prima denumire este a blendului (marca).
A doua denumire este a blenderului (fabricantului).
188
Penzance
Esoterica Tobacciana
110
Full Virginia Flake
Samuel Gawith
107
Old Gowrie
Rattray
83
Odyssey
GLPease
77
Hal O' the Wynd
Rattray
77
Stonehaven
Esoterica Tobacciana
68
Blackwoods Flake
McClelland
54
Westminster
GLPease
42
Long Golden Flake
Reiner
39
Renaissance
GLPease
35
Original Mixture
Balkan Sobranie
32
Red Ribbon
McCranie's
30
Scottish Cake
Robert McConnell
27
Larry's Blend
pipesandcigars.com
26
Dorisco Mixture
James Fox
25
Anniversary Kake
pipesandcigars.com
22
Middle Earth Blend
ThePipeRoom.com
19
Balkan Supreme
Peter Stokkebye
19
Campanile
James Fox
18
Old Master
McCranie's
18
Trout Stream
pipesandcigars.com
17
Blue Grass Melody
Affordable Pipes
17
Christmas Cheer 2007
McClelland
16
Christmas Cheer 2006
McClelland
15
Blending Perique
McClelland
15
Silver Flake
Solani
14
417P: Night Train
Cornell & Diehl
14
759
Balkan Sobranie
14
Laurel Flake
Tavern Tobacco Co.
14
Sunjammer
pipesandcigars.com
13
No. 524
Pipeworks & Wilke
12
HH Mature Virginia
Mac Baren
12
Lancer's Slices
Charles Fairmorn
11
Gatlin-Burley
Gatlin-Burlier
11
Gramercy Park
Pipeworks & Wilke
11
Grand Orientals: Yenidje Highlander
McClelland
11
King Eider
Bufflehead
11
No. 010
Pipeworks & Wilke
11
Our Best Blend
Smoker's Haven
10
Blend No.D-9575
Peretti
10
Kendal Kentucky
Gawith, Hoggarth & Co.
9
558: Baalbek
Cornell & Diehl
9
Aged Burley Flake
Solani
9
British Blend
Peretti
8
412A: Billy Budd
Cornell & Diehl
8
Admiralty
pipesandcigars.com
8
Berry Cobbler
Boswell Pipes & Tobacco
8
Blend 300
Uhle's
8
Brigade Campaign Dark Flake
Wessex
8
DPE
David P. Ehrlich Company
8
Guy's English Blend #25
Affordable Pipes
8
IRC Flake
Iwan Ries
8
Moose Scat
Jack's Tobacco
8
TK-6
Lane Limited
7
Blending Oriental
McClelland
7
Blue Ridge
Edward's
7
Dark Plug
Gawith, Hoggarth & Co.
7
Mick McQuaid Plug
Mick McQuaid
7
Ultra Mild
Dunhill
6
Christmas Cheer 2000
McClelland
6
Guy's Favorite
Affordable Pipes
6
Justice Mixture
Watch City Cigar
6
Milonga
Dan Tobacco
6
Murrays Mellow Mixture
Murray Sons & Co, Ltd
6
Old Lodge
pipesandcigars.com
6
Spilman Mixture
Iwan Ries
5
Babylonia
VegasSmokes
5
Blend No.102
Peretti
5
Cuban Mixture
Peretti
5
Elegant Emu
Cornell & Diehl
5
Four Square Medium Navy
Dobie's
5
Guy's Navy Blend
Affordable Pipes
5
Pennsylvania Dutch Treat
Boswell Pipes & Tobacco
5
Perfection Plug Burley
Uhle's
5
Red Flake
McCranie's
5
Reserve 1928
Tinderbox
5
Special
Tinderbox
5
The Churchwarden
Watch City Cigar
5
Wellauer's Latakia
Wellauer & Co
25 ianuarie 2008
Pipe nastrusnice

23 ianuarie 2008
Pipata in contemporan pe messenger
Au fost 4 membri din Cta: Oleg, Cristi (mic), Daniel si Stefan, 1 din Australia (Richi), 1 din Galati Adi, 1 din Braila (Emil), si Vlad din Bucuresti. In total 8 oameni intr-o conferinta in care ne-am si auzit, ne-am si vazut unii dintre noi. Radioamatorii fac astfel de conferinte pe calea undelor. Se numesc :"net-uri" si se intalnesc intr-o frecventa de unde scurte romani din toata lumea. Asa a fost si la noi acum. S-a nascut la ora 22:50 ideea unui concurs national de fumat pipa, care va avea loc in vara, la Constanta, neaparat sambata ca s apaota veni cat mai multi dintre piparii diun tara. Sa ne vedem sanatosi la vara si sa ne auzim sanatosi pe Messenger saptamana viitoare de la ora 21:00. Sanatate!
22 ianuarie 2008
Programul de concursuri si degustari de tutun pentru anul 2008
Dupa cum urmeaza:
Concursuri:
ian 17
feb 14
martie 13
apr 10
mai 8
iun 12
iul 10
aug 14
sep 11
oct 9
nov 13
dec 11
premiere 18 decembrie
Degustari:
ian 31
feb28
mar 27
apr 24
mai 29
iun 26
iul 31
aug 28
sept 25o
ct 03
nov 27
dec 18 (odata cu premierea)
ordinea tutunurilor de degustat va fi stabilita de Costin.
Tutunuri:
1.Peterson&Sorensen - 34th Mixture
2.Dunhill - Nightcap
3.S Gawith - Westmoreland
4.Stanwell - Burlington's
5.Peterson&Sorensen - Vanners Mixture
6.Sonstige - Honore Flake
7.Rattray's - Profesional Mixture
8.R McConnell - Black&Gold9.Th Radford - Port Royal
10.Stanwell - Caledonian Highland Cream
tutunurile pentru lunile noiembrie si decembrie vor fi achizitionate in timpul anului.
21 ianuarie 2008
Pipata in direct si contemporan
Conceptul este simplu. In fiecare miercuri incepand cu ora 21:00 (ora Romaniei), pe Yahoo Messenger, vom organiza o conferinta pt cei care doresc sa fumeze impreuna, fiecare beneficiind de confortul propriului camin. Astfel ne vom cunoaste mai bine. Este de preferat sa folositi un webcam si microfon.
Cum? Foarte simplu. Deschideti Yahoo Messenger si adaugati la lista de contacte I.D.-ul ct80nat
Miercuri 23 ianuarie 2007 prima editie. Va astept online si available :)
16 ianuarie 2008
Review Avalon Mixture


Acum fumez Avalon Mixture si beau ceai Lipton Vanilla. Tutunul este un amestec cu vin rosu ca si Da Vinci care mi-a plcut la fel de mult..
A costat 14.40EUR /100gr, cutie metalica cu plic auriu in interior.
Virginia si vin rosu frantuzesc, Doua culturi traditionale in Avalon: tutunul si vita de vie.
Un tutun usor aromat (aroma specifica de vin), nu dulce, fin, evolueaza frumos, prima jumatate se fumeaza fara probleme si mutlumita umiditatii potrivite atutunului din cutie, taietura este fina, tutunul este auriu (virginia) cu accente negre probabil black cavendish (virginia presat si copt), gustul foarte placut.
Un tutun surprinzator. Cred ca ar trebui incercat cu vin demisec rosu.
Chiar daca las pipa jos pt ceva timp (ca sa scriu acest review), nu se stinge.
Fumul este rece, alb, usor (se risipeste repede in camera.
Mirosul extrem de placut.
Pipa nu se incinge chiar daca variezi ritmul de fumat.
Expirat pe nas fumul lasa in urma o aroma delicioasa, parfumata. Fiecare fum ar trebui expirat asa.
Este totusi un tutun usor aromat dar este meritul virginiei ca nu este prea dulce.
Acest tutun ar merge bine pentru un inceput de zi alaturi de un expresso.dar si seara alaturi de cei dragi, langa un ceai aromat.
Personal nu l-as fuma in aer liber pentru ca aroma subtila s-ar pierde.
Postgust usor, sec, placut. nu umezeste pipa.
Fara usturimi de limba :)
Incarcarea este x1 direct din tutunul rasfirat din cutie, ceva de genul metodei Frank, fara punga de aer la fundul pipei.
In 45 de minute am folosit tamperul o singura data.
Scrumul este fin si gri, in cantitate foarte mica. A fumat uniform pana la final. Surprinzator.
Duminica voi mai fuma inca o pipa de dimineata alaturi de un ceai mai putin aromat, un "Twinnings green tea mint" spre exemplu, asta inainte de a pleca spre targul de vechituri, ca in orice dimineata de duminica in care vremea e frumoasa. Sper sa fie soare, sa pot deschide larg fereastra si aerul racoros sa imi fure din valatucii de fum, nerabdator sa duca marii aroma lui AVALON. Incantator.
Tutunul a fost fumat in pipa mea d eincercari: Stanwell Danske Club 118
Concurs 17.01.2008
08 ianuarie 2008
"Vraja unui viciu" de Philalenthes
Ironia, deloc întamplatoare, face ca acţiunea să se desfăsoare în cadrul unui sanatoriu de boli pulmonare, într-o perioadă în care ştiinţa modernă se îmbina cu tradiţiile şi presupunerile ( mai mult sau mai puţin întemeiate ) ale vechii medicini, totul asezonat cu o terminologie medicală care nouă ne pare ... exotica ( punct umed, caverne, cordoane fibroase, locus minoris resistentiae etc). Într-o vreme în care tutunul era considerat deopotriva otravă şi panaceu ( continuând astfel percepţia asupra tutunului din secolul al XIX - lea ), unul dintre personajele principale ( Hans Castrop ) îşi drege anemia cu mâncare bună, bere neagră şi tutun de calitate.
Muntele Vrajit face parte din categoria aşa numitelor bildungsroman ( romanul care te educă/formează ), acţiunea si dialogurile împletindu-se cu analiza filosofantă a civilizaţiei europene de dinaintea primului razboi mondial. Sanatoriul internaţional Berghof adună reprezentanţi ai ţarilor europene ( până şi numele de România apare – menţionat marginal este adevarat ), iar problema claselor sociale nu este nici ea uitată ( de exemplu ruşii au două mese : masa ruşilor de rând şi masa "ruşilor bine" ). Aici se intâlnesc ultimele vlăstare ruinate ale vechii aristocraţii cu burghezi mai mici sau mai mari ( de la cei având profesiuni liberale la mari negustori ce fac comerţ cu mărfuri coloniale ). Această burghezie este altoită cu năravuri aristocratice ( uneori chiar şi cu sânge albastru ). Din categoria tabieturilor burgheze face parte şi fumatul, iar aici îi dau cuvântul lui Thomas Mann :
“Primul lucru de care avea nevoie la sfârşitul mesei era ligheanul cu apă parfumată pentru spălat degetele, iar al doilea ţigareta rusească, nevămuită, pe care şi-o procura cu plăcere pe sub mână, prin mijloace nu prea legale. O fuma înaintea trabucului, o marcă savuroasă din Bremen, numită Maria Mancini, despre care va fi vorba şi mai târziu şi a cărei otravă aromată se unea într-un chip atât de plăcut cu cea a cafelei. Hans Castrop îsi ţinea provizia de tutun la adăpost de influenţa vătămătoare a caloriferului, le păstra în pivniţă, unde cobora în fiecare dimineaţă ca să-şi umple portţigaretul cu porţia zilnică.”
“ - [...] Te rog să mă scuzi o clipă ! Şi-şi scoase din tocul de piele fină împodobit cu o monogramă de argint un trabuc Maria Mancini, un exemplar frumos, turtit la un capăt, aşa cum îi plăceau cu osebire, îi tăie vârful cu un cuţitaş agăţat de lanţul ceasornicului, scăpără bricheta şi-şi aprinse ţigara lungă şi îndoită în sus, trăgând câteva fumuri pline, cu o poftă deosebită. Evident tu nu fumezi, zelul tău mi se pare cam exagerat.
- Da, n-am fumat niciodată răspunse Joachim. De ce m-aş apuca să fumez tocmai aici ?
- Pe asta n-o mai înţeleg spuse Hans Castrop. Nu înţeleg cum poate cineva să nu fumeze, căci asta înseamnă să te lipseşti într-un fel de una din bucuriile vieţii şi în orice caz de o foarte mare plăcere ! Când mă trezesc dimineaţa mă şi bucur la gândul că voi putea fuma în timpul zilei, iar când iau masa mă gândesc la acelaşi lucru, da, şi cred că nu exagerez decât foarte puţin spunându-mi că, în definitiv, mănânc doar ca să pot fuma după aceea ”.
În privinta trabucurilor fumate de Hans Castrop ( dar şi a altor aspecte din roman ) realitatea şi ficţiunea se împletesc, Thomas Mann foloseşte numele unui producător cât se poate de real - Maria Mancini, dar numai că trabucurile cu pricina nu îşi au originea în Bremen ci în Honduras. Pe de altă parte şi Maria Mancini şi-a luat revanşa, a profitat de succesul romanului, creând un trabuc numit Magic Mountain. Nu am fumat aşa ceva, dar sper ca acest trabuc să fie demn de descrierile savuroase ale lui Thomas Mann. ( Iată şi un link în care sunt prezentate tutunurile din familia Maria Mancini : http://www.jrcigars.com/index.cfm?page=deals_bfp_mm )
Când am citit Muntele Vrăjit eram prin clasa a noua sau a zecea de liceu, nu fusesem tentat să fumez până atunci, însă descrierile evocatoare ale lui Thomas Mann aproape că au materializat pentru mine buchetul aromat şi otrăvitor al trabucului lui Castrop. Nu am mai rezistat şi , cu speranţa unei arome cât de vagi, m-am aruncat asupra unui pachet de ţigarete ( nu dau nume, dar era vorba despre o marcă notorie şi apreciată ), pe care părinţii îl ţineau pentru fumătorii ce le călcau pragul. Cât priveşte rezultatul acelui experiment nu insist prea mult : şoc şi dezgust total. Mai tarziu, când eram deja student, au apărut pe piaţa noastră pipe şi tutun ; atunci am reusit să-mi sting vechea sete.
27 decembrie 2007
19 decembrie 2007
Rezultate 2007
-180 de articole publicate pe site (www.pipaclub.ro)
-peste 4200 de vizite pe site
-infiintarea forumului (www.pipaclub.3xforum.ro)
54 de useri inregistrati
147 de subiecte
1403 mesaje postate
-articol publicat in Saptamana Financiara
-emisiune la CTV
-demararea procedurilor de afiliere la CIPC (www.pipesclubs.com)
-listare pe site-ul revistei "Pipes and tobaccos" (www.pt-magazine.com)
-118 mesaje postate pe grupul de discutii al Pipa Club Romania
-53 de membrii inregistrati
-infiintarea filialei Bucuresti a Pipa Club Romania
-deschiderea grupului de discutii pipaclubrobuc al filialei din Bucuresti (noiembrie)
primele 10 mesaje postate yahoo.com/group/clubpipa)
primii 5 membrii inregistrati
Publicare postare
CLASAMENT FINAL 2007
total timp | pct | numele |
13:15:22 | 103 | Costin |
12:17:04 | 93 | Oleg |
7:50:51 | 63 | Catalin D |
7:29:28 | 62 | Stefan |
6:02:37 | 49 | Dan N |
3:53:12 | 35 | Catalin V |
3:50:39 | 26 | Cristi |
3:48:46 | 27 | Daniel C |
1:28:55 | 9 | Adi M |
0:36:47 | 3 | Ilie |
0:36:40 | 5 | Adrian B |
0:33:23 | 1 | Nucu |
0:31:53 | 7 | Dani |
0:24:00 0:22:17 | 3 3 | Cornel George |
0:10:00 | 3 | Sebi |
Clasament editia a XII-a
timp | pct | nume |
1:22:00 | 9 | Costin |
1:02:00 | 7 | Daniel C |
1:22:00 | 9 | Oleg |
1:00:00 | 6 | Dan N |
0:46:45 | 5 | Stefan |
0:34:53 | 3 | Catalin D |
0:00:00 | 0 | Ilie |
0:00:00 | 0 | Adi M |
0:00:00 | 0 | Nucu |
0:46:05 | 4 | Cristi |
0:00:00 | 0 | Sebi |
0:00:00 | 0 | Dani |
0:00:00 | 0 | George |
1:07:00 | 8 | Catalin V |
0:24:00 | 2 | Cornel |
11 decembrie 2007
CIPC & Concursul lunii Decembrie
Lista celor 23 de federatii afiliate la CIPC:
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Great Britain
Hong Kong
Hungary
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Slovakia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
USA
Pentru a accesa site-ul CIPC click aici.
2) Joi 13 Decembrie 2007 va avea loc concursul de fumat pipa editia a XII-a. Atentie! se vor fuma 3,5 gr de tutun.
Intalnirea incepe la ora 18:00, la ora 19:00 incepem concursul.
08 decembrie 2007
Programul lunii Decembrie
Joi 20 Decembrie: premierea concurentilor
Joi 27 Decembrie: intalnire de Craciun (expozitie de pipe, degustare de tutun, planificare pentru anul 2008)
Toate intalnirile vor avea loc pe strada Smardan la Davia Brau (demisol) incepand cu ora 18:00.
Va asteptam.
28 noiembrie 2007
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Pipa Club Romania in Bucuresti
Ieir seara in Coyote Cafe, pe Calea Victoriei a luat fiinta Pipa Club Romania sucursala Bucuresti. Au fost de fata Costin si Catalin (zis si Piposul pe forum) din Constanta, Vlad, Laur, Dorel (constantean de Bucuresti), Seby si RaluK (tot constanteni capitalisti pt cativa ani).
Pe masa au fost ca invitati de onoare:
Davidoff Scottish Mixture
Dunhill Standard Mixture
Dunhill 965 mixture
W O Larsen 1864
Robert Mc Connell Maduro
Robert Mc Connell Scottish cake
Robert Mc Connell Scottish mixture
Robert Mc Connell Pure Cuba
Mac Baren Scottish Mixture
Mac Baren Navy Flake
Stanwell Guarana
Petersen 2007
Petersen & Sorensen Squire's
13 tutunuri din care ati fi putut degusta daca ati fi fost acolo.
Acum urmeaza Iasi. Sa vedem daca putem sa mergem cu caravana piparilor pana acolo :)
26 noiembrie 2007
Pipa Club Romania in Bucuresti
21 noiembrie 2007
Articol in Saptamana Financiara
Puteti citi articolul dand click aici.
Degustare joi 22 nov 2007
20% reduceri la P&T Magazine!
19 noiembrie 2007
Intalniri Pipa Club
Tutun la concursul din luna Noiembrie 2007
Degustare

17 noiembrie 2007
Cele mai bune 70 de tutunuri de 4 stele
reviews brand blender
184 Penzance Esoterica Tobacciana
103 Old Gowrie Rattray
101 Full Virginia Flake Samuel Gawith
81 Odyssey GLPease
76 Hal O' the Wynd Rattray
76 Stonehaven Esoterica Tobacciana
65 Blackwoods Flake McClelland
51 Westminster GLPease
39 Long Golden Flake Reiner
39 Renaissance GLPease
33 Original Mixture Balkan Sobranie
32 Red Ribbon McCranie's
25 Larry's Blend pipesandcigars.com
20 Anniversary Kake pipesandcigars.com
20 Middle Earth Blend ThePipeRoom.com
18 Old Master McCranie's
17 Balkan Supreme Peter Stokkebye
17 Trout Stream pipesandcigars.com
15 Silver Flake Solani
14 417P: Night Train Cornell & Diehl
14 Blending Perique McClelland
14 Blue Grass Melody Affordable Pipes
14 Christmas Cheer 2006 McClelland
13 759 Balkan Sobranie
13 Embarcadero GLPease
13 Laurel Flake Tavern Tobacco Co.
13 No. 524 Pipeworks & Wilke
13 Sunjammer pipesandcigars.com
11 Gatlin-Burley Gatlin-Burlier
11 King Eider Bufflehead
11 No. 010 Pipeworks & Wilke
11 Our Best Blend Smoker's Haven
10 Blend No.D-9575 Peretti
10 Gramercy Park Pipeworks & Wilke
10 Lancer's Slices Charles Fairmorn
9 558: Baalbek Cornell & Diehl
9 British Blend Peretti
9 Kendal Kentucky Gawith, Hoggarth & Co.
9 LJ Heart Virginia pipesandcigars.com
8 412A: Billy Budd Cornell & Diehl
8 Admiralty pipesandcigars.com
8 Blend 300 Uhle's
8 Brigade Campaign Dark Flake Wessex
8 DPE David P. Ehrlich Company
8 Grand Orientals: Yenidje Highlander McClelland
8 Grand Orientals: Yenidje Supreme McClelland
8 Moose Scat Jack's Tobacco
8 TK-6 Lane Limited
7 Berry Cobbler Boswell Pipes & Tobacco
7 Blending Oriental McClelland
7 Blue Ridge Edward's
7 IRC Flake Iwan Ries
7 Ultra Mild Dunhill
6 Dark Plug Gawith, Hoggarth & Co.
6 Justice Mixture Watch City Cigar
6 Mick McQuaid Plug Mick McQuaid
6 Murrays Mellow Mixture Murray Sons & Co, Ltd
6 Old Lodge pipesandcigars.com
5 Babylonia VegasSmokes
5 Blend No.102 Peretti
5 Christmas Cheer 2000 McClelland
5 Four Square Medium Navy Dobie's
5 Milonga Dan Tobacco
5 Pennsylvania Dutch Treat Boswell Pipes & Tobacco
5 Perfection Plug Burley Uhle's
5 Red Flake McCranie's
5 Reserve 1928 Tinderbox
5 Special Tinderbox
5 The Churchwarden Watch City Cigar
5 Wellauer's Latakia Wellauer & Co
Intalniri Pipa Club Romania
Clasament 2007 pana la editia a XI-a
numele | total timp | total pct |
Costin | 11:53:22 | 94 |
Oleg | 10:55:04 | 84 |
Catalin D | 7:15:58 | 60 |
Stefan | 6:42:43 | 57 |
Dan N | 5:02:37 | 43 |
Cristi | 3:04:34 | 22 |
Daniel C | 2:46:46 | 20 |
Catalin | 2:46:12 | 27 |
Adi M | 1:28:55 | 9 |
Ilie | 0:36:47 | 3 |
Adrian B | 0:36:40 | 5 |
Nucu | 0:33:23 | 1 |
Dani | 0:31:53 | 7 |
George | 0:22:17 | 3 |
Sebi | 0:10:00 | 3 |
Timpi editia a XI-a
Costin | 0:47:51 |
Daniel C | 0:00:00 |
Oleg | 0:55:31 |
Dan N | 0:00:00 |
Stefan | 0:26:34 |
Catalin D | 0:45:05 |
Ilie | 0:00:00 |
Adi M | 0:00:00 |
Nucu | 0:00:00 |
Cristi | 0:00:00 |
Sebi | 0:00:00 |
Dani | 0:00:00 |
George | 0:00:00 |
Catalin | 0:27:23 |
Adrian B | 0:00:00 |
08 noiembrie 2007
Concurs de fumat pipa editia a XI-a
01 noiembrie 2007
23 octombrie 2007
Degustare
18 octombrie 2007
P&T Magazine a listat Pipa Club Romania
13 octombrie 2007
Clasament editia a 10-a
11:05:31 | 86 | Costin |
9:59:33 | 75 | Oleg |
6:30:53 | 53 | Catalin D |
6:16:09 | 52 | Stefan |
5:02:37 | 43 | Dan N |
3:04:34 | 22 | Cristi |
2:46:46 | 20 | Daniel C |
2:18:49 | 21 | Catalin |
1:28:55 | 9 | Adi M |
0:36:47 | 3 | Ilie |
0:36:40 | 5 | Adrian B |
0:33:23 | 1 | Nucu |
0:31:53 | 7 | Dani |
0:22:17 | 3 | George |
0:10:00 | 3 | Sebi |
10 octombrie 2007
Noi tutunuri MacClelland
Secretele repararii pipelor
Orlik Tobacco
Pentru a citi articolul click aici
CIPTS 2008
The Chicagoland International Pipe & Tobacciana Show will be held May 3-4, 2008, at the Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 East Main Street, St. Charles, IL 60174. Reservation telephone numbers are 800.999.3319 or 630.584.6300. Mention the show and receive a special room rate. For more information, contact Frank Burla at 630.271.1317; e-mail: fpburla@aol.com; or visit the show’s Web site at www.chicagopipeshow.com.
CORPS 2007
The 23rd Annual Conclave of Richmond Pipe Smokers Pipe Smokers’ Exposition & Celebration will be held Saturday, Sept. 29, and Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007, at the Holiday Inn Select-Koger South Conference Center, 10800 Midlothian Turnpike, Richmond, Va. There will be a banquet at the hotel on Friday, Sept. 28. Make room reservations by contacting the hotel at 804.379.3800. Mention CORPS or pipe smokers for special room rates. For more information, or to reserve a table, contact CORPS at P.O. Box 34023, Richmond, VA 23234; phone: 804.342.0761; e-mail: conclave@corpipesmokers.org; Web site: www. corpipesmokers.org.
Kansas City Pipe and Tobacco Show 2007
The 10th Annual Kansas City Pipe and Tobacco Show will be held Saturday, Nov. 3, and Sunday, Nov. 4, at the KCI-Expo Center. Lodging may be found at the Holiday Inn at 11728 N. Ambassador Dr., Kansas City, MO 64153. Make reservations by contacting the hotel at 816.801.8400. Mention the Kansas City Pipe and Tobacco Show for a special room rate of $79. For more information, visit the Greater Kansas City Pipe Club’s Web site at www.gkcpipeclub.com; or contact Quinton Wells at 816.223.9506.
Northern California Pipe and Cigar show
The 10th Annual Northern California Pipe and Cigar show will take place on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007. It will be a one-day event from 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the Bear Creek Grange Hall at 557 E. North Bear Creek Drive, Merced, CA 95340-2442. There will be an opportunity to gather at Fernando’s Bistro at 510 West Main in Merced for dinner immediately following the show. As always, admission to the event is free. For more information or to reserve a table, contact Jim McClanahan at 559.392.3268, jrmccl@sbcglobal.net; or Mike Siegel at 209.384.7473. Show information may be found at http://www.fresnopipeclub.org/Pipe%20Show.html.
Smoke Style Bologna 2007
The Smoke Style International Pipe & Cigar Show will be held in Bologna, Italy, Sept. 28-30, 2007, at the Hotel Boscolo Tower, Vl.Lenin, 43 – 40138 Bologna. For additional information, visit www.smokestyle.it or e-mail paolo.tirini@smokestyle.it.
09 octombrie 2007
07 octombrie 2007
Urmatorul concurs
Clasament editia a 9a
10:00:56 | 77 | Costin | |
9:13:35 | 68 | Oleg | |
5:43:39 | 47 | Stefan | |
5:35:03 | 45 | DCatalin | |
5:02:37 | 43 | Dan N | |
3:04:34 | 22 | Cristi | |
2:46:46 | 20 | CDaniel | |
1:43:49 | 15 | Catalin | |
1:28:55 | 9 | Adi M | |
0:36:47 | 3 | Ilie | |
0:36:40 | 5 | BAdrian | |
0:33:23 | 1 | Nucu | |
0:31:53 | 7 | Dani | |
0:22:17 | 3 | George | |
0:10:00 | 3 | Sebi |
03 octombrie 2007
Savinelli Mona Lisa

Savinelli cricket pipes
Mastro Beraldi

A pipemaker since the early 1970s, Aldo Pierluigi has constantly refined his skills. Joined by his family, Pierluigi can now produce pipes whose quality is matched only by their great value.
The rustic pipes feature distinctive and sophisticated patterns, while the sandblasts have very nice depth. The smooth pipes vary, according to grade, from a good mixed pattern to really nice straight grain. No two Mastro Beraldi pipes are alike. Furthermore, every pipe’s tenon and mouthpiece lip is opened to ensure that there is no draw constriction.
26 septembrie 2007
19 septembrie 2007
Stiri din lumea vinului
Sculptura in carnati de Plescoi, expozitie de uriase portrete fotografice alb-negru cu “batranele Eve, pastratoare ale traditiei” - acestea sunt ingredientele celei mai neconventionale manifestari artistice semnate de laureatul Galei Premiilor pentru Relatii Publice de anul trecut, Gheorghe Moisescu, la Clubul Taranului de pe langa Muzeul Taranului Roman.
Autorul sculpturii este Adrian Ilfoveanu, cel mai important sculptor al generatiei sale, iar autorul fotografiilor, Nicu Ilfoveanu, este singurul artist fotograf roman care a inceput sa-si cladeasca o cota pe piata internationala a artei. Ei au ales-o ca subiect simbolic central al expozitiei pe Eva deoarece in zona Plescoi femeile au fost pastratoarele vechilor retete si ale obiceiurilor traditionale, uneori suferind rigorile inchisorilor comuniste pentru asta.
http://www.vinul.ro/stiri_eva_a_trait_la_plescoi.html
Trofeul Someleriei Cramele Halewood 2007
Pentru al doilea an consecutiv, Cramele Halewood sprijina Clubul National al Someleriei din Romania in vederea organizarii Trofeului Someleriei, se arata intr-un comunicat al companiei. Potrivit comunicatului, dupa succesul inregistrat anul trecut - cand peste 80 de participanti au trecut prin etapele de pregatire desfasurate la Pivnitele Rhein & Cie 1892 Azuga, si datorita interesului ridicat pentru editia din acest an - organizatorii au hotarat desfasurarea unor preselectii nationale in 6 orase aflate in zone diferite ale tarii.
http://www.vinul.ro/stiri_trofeu_somelerie.html
Vinurile Campionatului de Gatit de la Gilau
Prima editie a Campionatului International de Gatit in Aer Liber de la Gilau (jud. Cluj) s-a incheiat duminica, 16 septembrie, cu Marele Trofeu adjudecat de echipa Pensiunii Amurg din Cluj-Napoca si Cupa Mare de catre echipa Vino Vero, din aceeasi localitate. Nu intamplator am citat aceste doua echipe, ci ca sa arat ca vinul a avut un rol important la Gilau, reprezentand o alternativa “gustata” la standurile cu bere, atat de des intalnite la marile manifestari in aer liber.
http://www.vinul.ro/analize.html
Vino Vero - 3 trofee la Campionatul International de Gatit de la Gilau
Bucatarii Vino Vero au dominat prima editie a Campionatului de gatit in aer liber de la Cluj, castigand doua medalii si Cupa Mare.
Echipa formata din Dan Tarziu, Septimiu Crisan si Valer Rogozan a castigat Marea Cupa si doua Locuri I, la sectiunile «Gratar» si «Plita» ale primei editii a Campionatului International de Gatit in Aer Liber – Gilau (Cluj) 2007.
http://www.vinul.ro/stiri_vino_vero_trofee.html
Distinctii pentru Carl Reh Winery la MUNDUSvini
Trei vinuri romanesti produse de compania Carl Reh Winery au primit distinctii de calitate in cadrul celei de-a saptea editii a concursului MUNDUSvini, eveniment ce a avut loc la Neustadt/Weinstrasse, Germania, in perioada 24 august-3 septembrie. 180 de specialisti recunoscuti pe plan international, din 45 de tari, au degustat, in cadrul acestui concurs care a durat doua saptamani, mai mult de 4.925 de vinuri provenind din 35 de tari.
http://www.vinul.ro/stiri_carl_reh_winery_mundusvini.html
12 septembrie 2007
CONCURS
Clasament pana la editia a 8-a
Oleg 1:12:29
Stefan 0:27:33
Clasament:
numele total timp total pct
Costin 9:01:36 68
Oleg 8:29:43 63
Stefan 5:05:44 43
Catalin D 4:46:03 37
Dan N 4:16:05 36
Cristi 3:04:34 22
Daniel 2:16:19 18
Catalin 0:59:49 9
Adi M 0:55:01 6
Ilie 0:36:47 3
Adrian B 0:36:40 5
Nucu 0:33:23 1
Dani 0:31:53 7
George 0:22:17 3
Sebi 0:10:00 3
05 septembrie 2007
Stiri din lumea vinului
Doua noi vinuri semnate Aurelia VisinescuAm avut ocazia recent sa degust doua vinuri semnate de cunoscuta Aurelia Visinescu, productie a companiei proprii, Fontana di Vini: Cuvee Blanc 2006 si Merlot Dealu Mare-Sahateni.Cuvee Blanc DIVIN Reserve 2006 este un cupaj de Feteasca alba, Riesling si Tamaioasa romaneasca, 13% alc. Sincer, ma asteptam la un vin mai sofisticat, desi trebuie sa recunosc ca faima Aureliei Visinescu au facut-o intotdeauna cu precadere vinurile rosii.http://vinul.ro/stiri_vinuri_aurelia_visinescu.html
"Fulg de vara", marca privata in editie limitata de la StirbeyAgricola Stirbey si winemakerul acestei companii, Oliver Bauer, au anuntat realizarea unei editii limitata in regim de "private label" pentru un promotor privat de vinuri, Ciprian Stancu. Potrivit unui comunicat al companiei care s-a ocupat de crearea brandului - BrandTailors - "Fulg de vara" (cum este intitulata editia) provine din struguri Tamaioasa romaneasca recoltati la Domeniile Stirbey din Dragasani si totalizeaza 2.707 sticle.http://vinul.ro/stiri_fulg_de_vara.html
Concurs national de vinuri la Alba IuliaLa Alba Iulia a inceput luni, 3 septembrie, Concursul National de Vinuri "Strugurele de aur". Vor fi degustate si notate peste o suta de soiuri de vinuri albe si rosii. Concursul se desfasoara la complexul turistic "Traseul celor Trei Fortificatii" din cetate Alba Iulia, fiind organizat de Asociatia Degustatorilor Autorizati din Romania (ADAR), Organizatia Nationala Interprofesionala a Vinului (ONIV) si Consiliul Judetean Alba.http://vinul.ro/stiri_concurs_national_vinuri_alba_iulia.html
Vinurile Gallo si Fosters în România, prin CRWDaca pâna acum marile branduri internationale de vinuri au cam lipsit din România, deja situatia se schimba: Carl Reh Winery, o companie cu capital german care activeaza (produce, exporta si importa) în România va aduce câteva dintre cele mai celebre vinuri din lume - atât gamele pentru magazine cât si pe cele super-premium, destinate segmentului HoReCa. Directorul Carl Reh Winery, Rodica Ana Capatîna, anunta câteva new entry-uri de top din aceasta toamna: Carlo Rossi, Sierra Valley si Turning Leaf, (apartinând Gallo Winery, nr 1 mondial, potrivit unui studiu al Intangible Business, Marea Britanie) si Rosemount si Beringer, (apartinând Fosters Wine Estate).http://vinul.ro/interviu_rodica_ana_capatana.html
Vinul lunii SEPTEMBRIE 2007Riesling / Feteasca alba Vinul CavaleruluiPentru luna aceasta, un vin aparent mai democratic, dar cu calitati deosebite: Riesling / Feteasca alba Vinul Cavalerului. Cupajul cucereste printr-un parfum natural de fructe exotice, delicat si totodata intens, iar gustul sustine din plin senzatiile olfactive, fiind consistent, complex si placut. Pentru cei obisnuiti cu Rieslingurile “traditionale” din Romania, acest vin va veni ca o surpriza prin fapul ca, desi este sec si proaspat, este bine echilibrat si are o corpolenta mai mare si o bogatie a gustului pe care nu le intalnesti prea des pe rafturile de la noi.http://vinul.ro/vinul_lunii.html
04 septembrie 2007
Istoria pipelor BBB
I have been doing some digging into BBB pipes for some we have for VPC auctions and I found an article online in French. Here is a Babelfish translation of a history of BBB from http://www.fumeursdepipe.net/artbbb.htm Genesis and history of the company. Adolph Frankau & Co Ltd In 1847, Adolph Frankau arrived in London and quickly understood opportunities that the market of tobacco presented, in full expansion. He created the company "Adolph Frankau & Co" and became an importer of meerschaum pipes and supplies in connection with the tobacco. It takes under its wing young a 14 year old boy, Louis Blumfeld. The business thrives quickly until the death of Adolph Frankau in 1856. His widow prepares to sell the company. Enter in scene Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), author of "Hero and worship of the heroes". This last advises with Mrs Frankau not to sell, but to entrust the future of the company to the hands of the young person Louis Blumfeld, then 18 years old. Carlyle was to have a very high opinion of the Louis young person, and this confidence was justified by its assumption of responsibility of the business, its enthusiasm and its inexhaustible energy. Louis realizes quickly, like others, great potential of the Heather, from which the interest comes to be recognized. Louis Blumfeld develops from the very start of important international trade, with a particular success in Canada, in Australia, in Zealand News, India and in the extrème Is Europe, in Switzerland and, with a special mention, in Denmark. If the USA were never an extraordinary market, a branch is opened all the same in New York. In fact, the marketing strategy was focused especially on the countries of the Britanique Empire. Little before 1914, A Frankau & Co was also a sole agent for the pipes Cherry Wood of the Ropp house to cover the United Kingdom and its colonies. If the BBB are its the most known pipes, A Frankau & Co had several marks of pipes: Capt. Kidd, Fairway ("F" in white; FAIRWAY/LONDON MADE/ENGLAND), Frankau' S (London Made/Made in England), Glokar, Major Daff, the Snap-FIT. It also seems that Ultonia and Last word must be regarded as marks with whole share, in spite of the fact that they are presented as being product lines under label BBB. That would explain their absence of catalogues BBB. The need for manufacturing in London becomes pressing, this is why, with the turning of the century, A. Frankau & Co has a broad warehouse and offices to the 121 Queen Victoria Street, a service of export in Upper Thames Street and opens a factory in 1898 in Homerton, High Street 112 (then 154) until in the Eighties when Cadogan gathers its activities of manufacture in Southend one Sea. In this time, A Frankau & Co also produce of Calabashs. The water-bottles used are originating in South Africa and are fruits which can be used as pipe (called also gourd, in this case) usable for the pipes. That became difficult to be supplied out of water-bottles considering the growing request and the constant attention which it is necessary to carry to the culture. BBB sets up a special department to manufacture the calabashs, using only scum to make the furnace whereas some their competitors use plaster of Paris and even of asbestos (asbestos). The manufacture of the calabashs survived war 14/18, but this conflict destroyed the request. The Twenties were not easy for the manufacturers of pipes, and A Frankau & Co are integrated by "A. Oppenheimer & Co. Ltd1 ". It is besides at that time that Comoy' S of London, Dr. Plumb and Loewe & Co pass under the control of Oppenheimer, which pushes the company to create "Cadogan Investments Ltd.2" in Cadogan Square, London, in the Thirties, to manufacture and sell its pipes. The factory of Homerton passes under the control of "Marechal Ruchon & Co" (in the years 1970, the factory takes the name of "Fairfax Traders"), and continuous to produce the BBB in a traditional way. Finished, pipes with a silver ring and étuits. However, continuous BBB, commes other companies of the group "Cadogan", to function commercially like an independent company. BBB concentrates on a certain number of pipes with system which were in general orders, and on new completions. Richard Esserman thinks that Dunhill sub-contracted with BBB the manufacture of the heads for its Bent Magnums until 1923. In fact, when the companies of the LASH stopped to dispute one the other, all the heads were turned in the installations of a new factory cise in Stratford, Carpenters Road. LASH bought also machines Zuckerman those being more effective. The workshops of finishing closed, and the pipes were finished in Aldershot and sometimes also in Shoeburyness. At that time, it was a practice courrante in the trade to offer to the other companies the heads of surplus at agreed prices. Cadogan was accustomed to selling head of rank A in Dunhill, and buying to him heads of rank II, III and IV. But they did not finish the pipes for the other companies: to sell heads of rank A in Dunhill was more advantageous than of their making pipes of them! The BBB Trademark (the first pic is of the 1876 mark, the second on pipes in 1950s and 1960s and the third 2000 The pictures seem to have uploaded in wrong order. 01 is the 50-60s pic 02 is the earliest, and pic 3 is the latest 2000) The initial BBB in a rhombus are used very quickly, and marks it was the first mark of pipe has to be recorded when the "Trade and Marks Act" takes effect in 1876. Enough oddly, BBB is registered under two numbers, numbers 39 and 40: in number 39, initials BBB in the rhombus (date of dépô T: January 1, 1876; published on May 3, 1876 on page 21 of Trade Mak Newspaper) for class 341 (Tobacco, or manufactured gross and cigarettes), in number 40, a simple B for which no image is available (same references of deposit and publication) for the class 50 (Goods manufactured out of ivory, bone, wood, in vegetable or animal substance, pipes with tobacco, cigars and cigarettes (cigar and cigarette tubes). Let us note that Oppenheimer again registered BBB (of number 39) for a new logo under number 2288663 (date of filing: December 20, 2001; published on February 13, 2002 on page 2634 of Trade Mark Newspaper) for classes 14 (cases with cigar and cigarettes, limp with cigars and cigarettes, cigar-holder and cigarettes, all out of noble metals) and 34 (Tobacco and products of the tobacco, articles for smokers, pipes, jokes with tobacco, pipe-racks, lighters, equipment of cleaning for pipes, cigar-holder and cigarettes, cases with cigars and cigarettes, humidors). At the European level, Oppenheimer records BBB under number 002100907, date of filing: February 22, 2001, date of registration: October 7, 2002, for classes 14 and 34 and under number 0863111 for class 34 (date of filing: October 20 2005). Production of BBB pipes It is thought that the first BBB in fact were imported, and that the initial ones wanted to symbolize, at the beginning, Blumfeld' S Best Briars. Small-with-small, these initial was included/understood like Britain' s Best Briars. At the beginning, BBB produces two qualities. One, BBB Own Make, became finally BBB Best Make, other pipes being simply estampillées BBB. There are reasons to believe that Own Make in fact were produced in London (Reject pipes cuts year R stamped one them.), whereas the simple BBB were imported, and this, to the paddle of the 20th century. However, if all that is not very clear, it is probable that the lines low-of-range were imported of Saint-Claude. Collection BBB follows the same lines as the other manufacturers of pipes of second half of the 19th century. The forms similar with the popular models with a prevalence of were curved. A majority of them had a silver ring. In same time, BBB continues to deliver meerschaum pipes. BBB was probably the first to propose pipes with a paper filter, Mackenzie, which was available it also in two qualities (Mackenzie, second mark of BBB, could be produced in Irish Republic. Ebonite pipes). This process goes back to before 1900 as proves it a letter August 27 1891 of Sir Morrel Mackenzie (1837-1892) in which this one suggests manufacturing models with a longer pipe. The mark survived until in the Sixties. It is thought that BBB was one of the first to call the form Lovat "Lovat", pipes designed with broad led for a better passage of air. However, the firm "Friedlands" could have adopted this name at the same time. Lovats appeared well before 1914 and were proposed with the sale by BBB in four different dimensions, of which a series called Highland. Colonel Henry Francis Fraser (1872-1949), Lord of Lovat, must have made the publicity of this form made in his honor and which is always popular nowadays. Whereas the shapes of the briar pipes are similar with those of the other marks, the models develop a very nowadays required distinct character by the collectors. Besides BBB gains the gold medal to the Franco-Britanique Exposure in London of 1908 (Frank Bowcher, 1864-1938) and to the World Fair and International of Brussels in 1910, medal of Godefroid Devreese (1861-1941). One finds these medals, in particular on the advertising folders of the Fifties and Sixties. At the time, the practice wanted that the order of price is according to the matter of the pipe: extrusive rock, horn, amber, ambrolith... In the same way, the price varied as same way as the size of the pipe. For example, in 1914, the wholesale price of a simple billiard was to vary between 15 shillings and 22 shillings and 6 pence because of the size of the pipe and the floc (not of screw or tenon). Though it is, it seems strange that Liverpool of five inches length with an amber pipe coutait 12 shillings in great quantity whereas the same one with a pipe in ambrolith cost, it, 19 shillings. BBB thought essential to launch special series like Chubby, Golfer, Dreadnought (probably indicated thus in connection with the class of warships), Bellerophon (sic) and Cutty (small sizes). BBB proposed until 20 lines due has various intelligent combinations of pipe, completions and étuits. They had a whole a silver ring. Around 1910, the BBB Own Make can be sold up to 2£ 10 shillings whereas only estampilées pipes BBB are sold 5 to 6 shillings. In the Thirties, the top-of-the-range one becomes "BBB Best Make" with alternatives like "Super Stopping" and "Ultonia Thule". The BBB Carlton, sold with the detail with 8/6 in 1938, is equipped with a system complicated out of metal, system which equipped the BBB London Dry too. Blue Peter was not estampillées BBB but BBB Ultonia, and the BBB Two Star (* *) become the bottom-of-the-range one. The calabash leave the catalogues, but some pipes with case and some scums are still produced. The forms also are typical of this time: half are billiards, some princes and bullcaps, a limited number of bulldogs and curved. It is as at that time as the top-of-the-range series receive an incrustation of initials BBB out of metal, whereas the bottom-of-the-range series have only the engraved pipe. Middle of the years 1950 with that of the Sixties, the lines are relatively stable. At the top, Own Make "Rare Grain", then the line virgin with hearth in scum, Own Make "Virgin", Own Make "Walnut" and finally Own Make "Thorneycroft". Currently, Cadogan uses Spanish heather for the majority of its pipes, and holds the heather of Morocco for the production of high quality. Before being sent to them, the heather dried between 6 and 12 months. To avoid any confusion and an excess of documents due to the use of the specific ranks to each mark forming part of the group, Cadogan adopted a system of eight ranks common to all the marks. Rank A is a heather which has a beautiful grain, without any visible imperfection. The ranks B have a beautiful grain, but with some small black spots and maximum three drainages vertical sand which will be mastiqués. The rank "Best Make" has also a beautiful grain, with maximum five small drainages vertical sand. The heads which have grain of a variable and maximum quality six vertical sand drainages are of rank MO. The pipes of second rank are is poor heather of grain but without defects or of beautiful grain but with to eight small or two large drainages vertical sand. The third, fourth and fifth ranks are pipes of which décroit quality proportionally. 1Adolph Oppenheimer started a business of Import Export general in 1860, and his/her brother, Charles, joined the company in the current of the year. Adolph taken its retirement in 1870 and moved in Germany, where he became British Consul then Consul general, letting Charles take the control of the businesses. Louis Adler, who was the brother-in-law of Oppenheimer, became a collaborator when Adolph left the company. The two brothers did not have a descent, and the property of the company passed to the Adler family. About 1870, the company imported pipes GBD in Great Britain from Paris. The association of Oppenheimer with GBD was such a success that in 1897, Oppenheimer became the sole agent of the French pipe company. Five years later, the French owners of GBD, Marechal Ruchon & Co, amalgamated with A. Oppenheimer. 2Le slogan of Cadogan, "Pipemakers Since 1825," refers to the first clay pipe that François Comoy manufactured in 1825. The pipes of Cadogan were manufactured in many places disseminated around London and in Saint-Claude, but with the purchase of Orlik Pipe Co In 1980, Cadogan gathered the entirety of its manufacture in the new factory of Southend-one-Sea, factory especially built for pipe industry. Cadogan continues to manufacture pipes GBD, Comoy' S of London, BBB, Dr. Plumb, Loewe and Orlik (since 1980). They make also the Kaywoodie pipes for the British market and recently agreed to manufacture Sasieni for James B Russell. All the classes come from the classification of Nice. For more information, to see: http://www.wipo.int/classifications/...ce8/frmain.htm