Photos from Nat Sherman in New York City taken on November 13, 2009.
Borkum Riff Classic Pure Tobacco Makes Its Debut

Borkum Riff Classic Pure Tobacco
Borkum Riff is launching another new product: Borkum Riff Classic Pure Tobacco. Classic is the successor to Borkum Riff Genuine and, like its predecessor, offers a clean, traditional tobacco taste, but with an even stronger and more rounded taste and aroma.
Borkum Riff Classic Pure Tobacco is a premium quality mix of Virginia and Oriental tobacco in a light casing. A captivating mix of dark and bright tobaccos with an authentic tobacco flavor and agreeable aromas of plum, nuts, chocolate and coffee.
Improved smoking characteristics give the tobacco a more even, slightly slower burn, making it easier to light and smoke. The perfect choice for pipe smokers who seek a rich, full-bodied tobacco taste.
Borkum Riff Genuine Pure Tobacco
It is almost two years now since Borkum Riff launched, for the first time ever, a pipe tobacco with a natural tobacco taste: Genuine Pure Tobacco. This was a new and exciting step forward in the history of Borkum Riff, which had previously only offered flavoured tobaccos. The product is now available in thirty markets worldwide.
Select premium quality Virginia and Burley tobaccos in a light casing. The agreeable aroma of this masterful blend carries an overtone of nuts, chocolate and coffee. A striking mix of dark and bright tobaccos, Borkum Riff Genuine Pure Tobacco is the perfect choice for pipe smokers who appreciate the authentic aroma and flavor of tobacco.

Borkum Riff has been celebrating the 40th anniversary of Borkum Riff since September 2008. The brand was launched outside Sweden for the first time in the autumn of 1968. Borkum Riff Bourbon Whiskey was launched in the USA on 10th September and was an immediate hit.
Many of you have probably noticed that the Bourbon Whiskey packaging design is now the same as when the product was first launched in 1968.
The celebrations are now coming to an end and this historic design will disappear in the autumn, when the Borkum Riff Whiskey packaging will return to its regular design.
| Borkum Riff Bourbon Whiskey Original Limited Edition Packaging from 1968 |
Borkum Riff Bourbon Whiskey Modern 21st Century Packaging |
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"Don’t Leave Home Without It" was a popular American Express ad campaign for several decades. They obviously didn’t want you to leave home without your American Express Card. Well, I don’t want you to leave home without your PIPE. I’ve made an interesting observation about myself and others recently. I found that I was only smoking my pipes at home although there were several opportunities to do so in the park, walking around downtown and elsewhere. In last month’s article in this column, "Pipes Are For Everyone", one of the commenters said, speaking of his girlfriend that smokes a pipe, "…like a lot of ladies she is a bit shy and will not smoke in public or talk about it around people she doesn’t know." It’s not just the ladies either. I have also spoken to several male pipe smokers that have made similar statements.