Confused About Types of Tobaccos, Mainly Virginias

[pipefish]

Hello All,
I'm confused about the various types of tobacco, especially Virginias. For example, according tobaccoreviews.com:
Gawith's Grousemoor contains Virginia leaf only--OK, that's easy, but....
Gawith's 1792 Flake contains VA and KY with whiskey and tonquin bean flavoring (does this make it a VA aromatic?) and,
Gawith's Westmoreland contains Cavendish, VA, Latakia, and Tonquin Bean (OK...confused now--is this a VA or an English?), and
Solani 113 Mixture contains Burley, Black Cavendish, VA, and Perique (OK, really confused now!!)
Are all of the above considered "Virginias" since they contain VA tobacco?

 

[loneredtree]

No/ Solani 113 would be a Vaper (Virginia perique). The others I am not sure how to classify them.

 

[northernneil]

I will do my best to break it down for you. In the most basic sense, pipe tobaccos are broken into 2 categories, base tobaccos and spice tobaccos. Your basic base tobaccos will be Virginias and Burleys. Your basic spice tobaccos will be orientals, latakia, cavendish and perique. In very general terms, a blender will start with a base tobacco and add spice tobaccos for flavor.
To make things even more confusing, there are unlimited number of virginia varieties. Depending on where the seed was grown and how it was processed will affect the taste / flavor of the final product. This stands true for all other varieties of tobacco as well.
Clear as mud?

 

[blendtobac]

The Gawith Virginias with tonquin and other flavorings added are generally referred to Lakeland Virginias to denote the unique toppings that they use.
Russ

 

[bryanf]

Westmoreland could probably be considered a light English, but to my taste the Lakatia is very faint, and that (and Orientals) is what typically gives a tobacco the "English" character.
I do really like it, and find it delicious. I suppose it would be my favorite "English", if it can be called that. The taste is very "herbally", and nice if you inhale a little.