1) The sample of Winchester you gave me (Feb Pipe Club), I filled my Savinelli Capri Oom Paul that night. I've let it "age" for over 2 weeks until tonight, then picked it out. I had enough to fill my Peterson System Standard 301 (Donegal Rocky) with enough left over for another bowl. My review on first ever try = Hey, this must be an aberration because it really can't be as good as it was (?!). Smoked & burned well, great taste, wonderful. I'll try the second bowl in a Canadian just to hold its feet to the fire & try it again. My own "made up Winchester" .... some of your Union Square mixed with Rattray's Black VA .... while very good isn't quite the same.
2) Re: "Craig's Smyrna", I haven't tried it straight, but have been having fun adding it to some VA's & some VaPer's.
Like Jackie Gleason's famous quote .... "How. Sweet. It. Is."