Is Cornell & Diehl the Only Company Making New Blends?
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I'm not sure how they're getting around the Rule, which froze new blends after August 8th 2016 unless they were first approved by the FDA. What they might have done, which was done by other blenders, is to have recorded a sale of the blends prior to the August 8th 2016 cutoff. Either that, or they're counting on the FDA not going after them.
Maybe looking at their tin description will give us a clue? From Miskatonic Mixture "Amidst the old tomes in a remote corner of the library, you discover an obscure reference." Their blends may draw inspiration from old books, and their ability to work with the rules may draw from a careful reading of those rules. Maybe other companies could learn to research secrets on how to get blends out. Gimmicky or not, a blend promoting the researching of occult books in the forgotten corner of an old ivy league school is a gimmick that works on me.
Or keeping up with the vast majority of the contemporary pipe smoking community and doing its best in target marketing.
How is it diluting its brand? C&D seems to always have new and different blends with esoteric or oddball (aka cool) names. What are they diluting?
I've seen a few new blends released by Lane Ltd, such as the whole cigar branded line of vanilla aromatics.
And, I've seen a few new tins of several other brands hit the shelves at The Briary. Hasn't GH and SG put out a few since the FDA stuff?
And, I've seen a few new tins of several other brands hit the shelves at The Briary. Hasn't GH and SG put out a few since the FDA stuff?
For someone, if must be good. Our tastes are all different. It's better than C&D deciding to eliminate blends. Yes?
"Hasn't GH and SG put out a few since the FDA stuff?"
Gawith & Hoggarth and Samuel Gawith are not affected by any stupid FDA legislation, they're British and therefore only affected by any rules our government create.
As to whether they can be imported to the US, well that's another matter all together.
Regards,
Jay.
Gawith & Hoggarth and Samuel Gawith are not affected by any stupid FDA legislation, they're British and therefore only affected by any rules our government create.
As to whether they can be imported to the US, well that's another matter all together.
Regards,
Jay.
No, the cigar branded blends by Lane definitely came out after the FDA stuff. And, new blends are still hitting the shelves at The Briary. I don't think we are seeing "more" new blends than normal, but they're definitely trickling in.
I think that with Swillford's post and things I hear the cigar reps say as they fraternize with the pipe lounge, maybe our assumptions as laymen all participating on a forum is not as informed as the guys in the business? Just a guess... I don't know about you guys, but I definitely haven't been keeping my bar exam creds up to date. And, to tell the truth, people were being rather hysterical on those FDA threads a while back.
I think that with Swillford's post and things I hear the cigar reps say as they fraternize with the pipe lounge, maybe our assumptions as laymen all participating on a forum is not as informed as the guys in the business? Just a guess... I don't know about you guys, but I definitely haven't been keeping my bar exam creds up to date. And, to tell the truth, people were being rather hysterical on those FDA threads a while back.
Don, hence my...
"As to whether they can be imported to the US, well that's another matter all together."
Regards,
Jay.
"As to whether they can be imported to the US, well that's another matter all together."
Regards,
Jay.
I read the thread. Sykes states that they're in full compliance. Later in the thread jmatt, who, IRRC, is an attorney with knowledge in these matters asks them to explain how that is the case in the thread and they don't offer a response. So I don't think that that thread really answers anything. Being a re-release would not offer an exemption.
But there is a workaround that I know about, which is to record a sale for a blend before August 8th of 2016. The blend may not be on the shelves, but it technically is in the marketplace before the cutoff date because an order has gone in for it and a sale is recorded. Perhaps C&D created a number of these prior to the cutoff date. If not, it would be nice to hear them explain how they're doing it.
Yo sab
As wood said: " and sold (quietly and on a very limited basis) prior to August": one of the many benefits of being in pipe clubs is that Morley's was the beneficiary of a bunch of these priors.
hp
les
As wood said: " and sold (quietly and on a very limited basis) prior to August": one of the many benefits of being in pipe clubs is that Morley's was the beneficiary of a bunch of these priors.
hp
les
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