Blends From “Elsewhere”.

[karam]

I have never seen either Flake medallions or Erinmore in any shops here in Corfu, Karam.
Although i did find them on line in Athens and as i have to order Wolfway online i will try them,although I agree 22 Euros for flake medalions 50 gram v wolfway 150 grams 38.50 Euros

My preferred are Gawith Hoggarth blends but only when i have visitors coming from England can I get them

Honestly I think Woflway's pricing is quite off, I like some of their blends but I am put off by paying 1 euro more per gram over Greece's already inflated prices. I will support a local product for sure, if it's worth it, and if I like it, the issue is I like foreign products more

You can order from Estervals, my last order took just 5 working days from Germany to Athens, add a couple of days to that and you could get SG (but not GH...) to Kerkyra fairly fast. That and all the MacBarren, Dan, Solani, HU etc you may want

I don't know what's the deal with cgarsltd.co.uk I have emailed them and they say they'll send to Greece, something about the site seems a tad dodgy though...

 

[ofafeather]

Honestly I think Woflway's pricing is quite off, I like some of their blends but I am put off by paying 1 euro more per gram over Greece's already inflated prices. I will support a local product for sure, if it's worth it, and if I like it, the issue is I like foreign products more

You can order from Estervals, my last order took just 5 working days from Germany to Athens, add a couple of days to that and you could get SG (but not GH...) to Kerkyra fairly fast. That and all the MacBarren, Dan, Solani, HU etc you may want

I don't know what's the deal with cgarsltd.co.uk I have emailed them and they say they'll send to Greece, something about the site seems a tad dodgy though...

Can you order from Synjeco? Not sure how pricing is for EU (It’s high for US) but they carry every GH imaginable along with some others.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Can you order from Synjeco? Not sure how pricing is for EU (It’s high for US) but they carry every GH imaginable along with some others.

Compared to prices in Spain or in Germany T products offered by Synjeco are somewhat more expensive

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

I have never seen either Flake medallions or Erinmore in any shops here in Corfu, Karam.
Although i did find them on line in Athens and as i have to order Wolfway online i will try them,although I agree 22 Euros for flake medalions 50 gram v wolfway 150 grams 38.50 Euros

My preferred are Gawith Hoggarth blends but only when i have visitors coming from England can I get them

Now this was news to me and I'm surprised learning no G&H products in Greece since in Italy &Spain one can find quite a wide array of G&H and S&G blends, How about Amphoras or Capsgtan Navy cut blends?

 

[ofafeather]

Compared to prices in Spain or in Germany T products offered by Synjeco are somewhat more expensive

Good to know. I also wonder about smoking pipes.eu. Can they ship tobacco to EU? How would they compare?

 

[burleyboy]

Good to know. I also wonder about smoking pipes.eu. Can they ship tobacco to EU? How would they compare?

They don‘t sell tobacco. Actually there is not much international tobacco traffic within the EU due to legal difficulties.

 

[ofafeather]

They don‘t sell tobacco. Actually there is not much international tobacco traffic within the EU due to legal difficulties.

Good to know.

 

[karam]

Synjeco needs a bit of back and forth with the owner (Daniel) to send to Greece, I suspect a few orders are needed before he'll open up the goods.
I communicated with him a few times and he's currently only offering to send me things that will fit in a regular envelope, so nothing more than a single pouch, unfortunately, because his selection as well as prices are far better than anything I've seen in Germany (likely due to lower taxes in CH, which is not part of the EU), at least as far as SG/GH are concerned. Plus he offers bulk of SG and GH which I have only seen English shops offer (but none send abroad other than cgarsltd.co.uk), and as far as I know is the only shop in Europe to offer C&D and GLP blends.

@paulie66scandinavian you can get Capstan in Greece I think, and Amphora Red, Full Aroma and maybe one more. Generally it's not a great market for pipe tobacco, slightly better in terms of cigars but expensive AF.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Synjeco needs a bit of back and forth with the owner (Daniel) to send to Greece, I suspect a few orders are needed before he'll open up the goods.
I communicated with him a few times and he's currently only offering to send me things that will fit in a regular envelope, so nothing more than a single pouch, unfortunately, because his selection as well as prices are far better than anything I've seen in Germany (likely due to lower taxes in CH, which is not part of the EU), at least as far as SG/GH are concerned. Plus he offers bulk of SG and GH which I have only seen English shops offer (but none send abroad other than cgarsltd.co.uk), and as far as I know is the only shop in Europe to offer C&D and GLP blends.

@paulie66scandinavian you can get Capstan in Greece I think, and Amphora Red, Full Aroma and maybe one more. Generally it's not a great market for pipe tobacco, slightly better in terms of cigars but expensive AF.

Thanks for the added info,

 

[saltedplug]

It's a shame that despite the many blends listed, the restrictions and cost are prohibitive. Those that manufacture and/or ship tobacco would appear to be clinging to a business out of love though surely there are other, easier alternatives.

The tobacco regulators are winning.

 

[paulfg]

Honestly I think Woflway's pricing is quite off, I like some of their blends but I am put off by paying 1 euro more per gram over Greece's already inflated prices. I will support a local product for sure, if it's worth it, and if I like it, the issue is I like foreign products more

You can order from Estervals, my last order took just 5 working days from Germany to Athens, add a couple of days to that and you could get SG (but not GH...) to Kerkyra fairly fast. That and all the MacBarren, Dan, Solani, HU etc you may want

I don't know what's the deal with cgarsltd.co.uk I have emailed them and they say they'll send to Greece, something about the site seems a tad dodgy though...

I have bought from Cgars many times but had it shipped to a UK address with no problems.

 

[rajangan]

Pipo Tütünü from Turkey.

 

[ofafeather]

Pipo Tütünü from Turkey.
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Looks lovely! What type of blend is it?

 

[rajangan]

Looks lovely! What type of blend is it?

I am unsure. It tasted like a Virginia Burley blend, but I would have assumed that there was turkish as well. It was kinda boring but smoked smooth with elevated nicotine

 

[Sethology]

It's a shame that despite the many blends listed, the restrictions and cost are prohibitive. Those that manufacture and/or ship tobacco would appear to be clinging to a business out of love though surely there are other, easier alternatives.

The tobacco regulators are winning.

This is a depressing reality. A shame that this is an objectively aging hobby. Now I as a young man must grapple with that, along with the fact that no matter how much I cellar that shit is not going to last 60-70 years. Oh well. I guess I'll find another hobby when it all goes up in smoke. Sobering