Update on Perique Tobacco

[pappymac]

Recently there was a discussion that mentioned the L.A. Poche Perique facility in St. James Parish had closed down and included a screen shot of google showing it as permanently closed.

I emailed Mark Ryan yesterday and he responded.

dear pappy - not true. going strong. i have sold major share of d&r.
thanks for your interest.

 

[larryspencer]

Good to know, thanks.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Yes, it was a generic business page, like the type that gets automatically produced when someone searches for a business in Google. I knew he wasn't closed, because there were inconsistencies in the page, like it was listed as a tobacco store... and La Poche has never been open to the public. So, they would have never have set business hours.

 

[warren]

I believe Cosmic debunked that rumor last week sometime. He's always on top of all things "perique."

 

[jerseysam]

This may be a total Monday struggle on my part.... but did Mark Ryan sell D&R? Is that what he is indicating above in his last sentence? I noticed their blends offerings seemed to have trimmed recently (on-line catalouge), also saw a few posters mention they got the last of 'X' blend recently.

 

[sablebrush52]

This may be a total Monday struggle on my part.... but did Mark Ryan sell D&R? Is that what he is indicating above in his last sentence? I noticed their blends offerings seemed to have trimmed recently (on-line catalouge), also saw a few posters mention they got the last of 'X' blend recently.

Yes he did. The new owner has cut back on the line of blends.

 

[jerseysam]

Yes he did. The new owner has cut back on the line of blends.

Thanks for the reply there, appreciated l. I wasn't a huge buyer of D&R, but had started to pop a few tins/containers with orders. I'll miss London Dock, an oddball blend that I enjoyed as an occasional change-up.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

What about my damn Picayune? Dont tell me this shit..

 

[mingc]

Yes he did. The new owner has cut back on the line of blends.

Who's the new owner?

 

[Casual]

I will request one thing of the new owner: please figure out better names. I can never remember if I like Jazzbam and Bariché, or if it was Bompack and Choflimp.

 

[pappymac]

What Mark Ryan said was "I sold a major share." That tells me he is no longer running Daughters & Ryan.
I didn't ask about who the majority owner was or how they are running things. I guess I should have.

 

[sablebrush52]

Who's the new owner?

That I don't know.

 

[logs]

Hopefully they start selling Blender's Bench again. I'm dying to get my hands on their straight perique.

 

[mingc]

Hopefully they start selling Blender's Bench again. I'm dying to get my hands on their straight perique.

I saw Ken Byron mention in another forum that the Blender's Bench series is discontinued. I was hoping to get some of their perique as well.

 

[FurCoat]

What about my damn Picayune? Dont tell me this shit..

I might swing by D&R tomorrow and stock up. I live 15 to 20 minutes from them.

 

[sandollars]

Hopefully they start selling Blender's Bench again. I'm dying to get my hands on their straight perique.

Here is a link to Poche's Straight perique:

Blending - Perique - PIPES and CIGARS

Find Blending - Perique Bulk Tobaccos at the lowest prices here at PIPES and CIGARS!

www.pipesandcigars.com

 

[logs]

Thanks Sandollars. I may give it a try. Truthfully, I have a ton of blending perique from C&D as well as Sutliff and wasn't that happy with them and then bought a couple pounds of raw barrel perique from the from Whole Leaf (which is a lot better but also a lot more work). I probably have enough to cover me for a good long time but Jiminks and Sable tell me D&R's perique is the best version out there. It's the only one I haven't been able to obtain.

 

[artvandelay007]

Thanks Sandollars. I may give it a try. Truthfully, I have a ton of blending perique from C&D as well as Sutliff and wasn't that happy with them and then bought a couple pounds of raw barrel perique from the from Whole Leaf (which is a lot better but also a lot more work). I probably have enough to cover me for a good long time but Jiminks and Sable tell me D&R's perique is the best version out there. It's the only one I haven't been able to obtain.

Ha I replied to you in another thread and I can see some of my info probably came from you.