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What's New!
Welcome to our re-designed "What's New" page. You will now be able to find news bulletins from us as well as info on new blends here. We hope you enjoy the new design and find it easier to navigate. Thanks for stopping by!

We regret announcing there will be a price increase on all pipe tobacco blends manufactured by Cornell & Diehl, Inc for 2012 effective Feb. 6,2012.

Prices DO NOT include federal taxes of .36 per 2oz, $1.42 per 8oz, and $2.83 per lb, and .01 per ounce. Taxes WILL BE ADDED to all invoices.

We NEVER take the action of raising prices lightly. In a year when we saw our production costs continue to rise at an unprecedented rate, the price increase has become a necessity if we are to continue to bring the same high quality blends our customers deserve and have come to expect from Cornell & Diehl. We will continue to fulfill our promise to bring our customers the highest quality hand-made blends at the most reasonable price we can. As always, we appreciate all the support through the years and hope we can continue to count on your support in the coming years.

We're back from the Chicago Pipe Show and as always we had a wonderful time! It's always great to see our old friends from around the world and have the opportunity to make new ones. This year the main topic of conversation was one that couldn't be avoided as it was all around us--the weather. Chicago greeted visitors this year with a perfect example of her fickleness when it comes to the weather; most folks had arrived by Thurs. evening and did so in shorts and short sleeved shirts since it was hot (especially for May) and quite humid through the week. By a little past noon on Friday though the clouds were gathering, the wind was picking up and the mercury was headed downward at a dizzying pace. By the time everyone gathered for the pre-show dinner, the rain had arrived though not with nearly the ferocity of the wee hours yet to come. By Saturday morning the wind was howling and the temps had fallen to a bone-chilling level and stayed there through the rest of the weekend. Good friends got much closer and total strangers quickly made new acquaintances as everyone depended on body heat to raise the comfort level of the smoking tent. Old friend Peter Stokkebye, may he rest in peace, would have been disappointed if not openly scornful at the lack of vikings laughing in the face of the winds, but even Danes were scrambling to find warmth. Let's face it, it was COLD, people, and I can't help but think even Peter would have resorted to a sweater if not a full blown coat!

Saturday was filled with excitement with the "official" unveiling of the new GL Pease plug, Triple Play. As expected it met with great reviews and we returned home with only a handful of tins. The end result? Once again, just as with JackKnife Plug, we can't make it and ship it fast enough but we're trying folks, so be patient with us! The surprise hit of the show was Founding Fathers, the new aromatic blend we released in January. We were sold out before closing up the table on Saturday. It was both flattering and gratifying how often through the day we had someone come to the table and say "I don't smoke aromatics but my buddy made me try this out in the tent and it's great, I've got to have some!" The same thing happened with English Chocolate, the new Two Friends blend released in January. Our apologies to all who wanted to take them home but missed out; keep checking with your favorite retailer though, we're making both as fast as we can!

The good--no, make that GREAT news for the show overall was the continued growth of the hobby. Many comments were heard about the number of fresh young faces not only in Chicago but showing up in shops, club meetings and events all around the world. We're definitely seeing a resurgence in pipe smoking and it was great to see the trend we've been noticing around here for a couple of years now being noticed elsewhere and met with such uniform excitement and positive reaction. No surprise there, we've always known how open, affable, and sociable pipe smokers as a whole are and it's wonderful to see the hobby greeting newcomers with open arms. As we like to say around here, fill a bowl and have sit-down, my friends! It's good to have you with us!

Until next time...

TWO NEW BLENDS TO BE

We are pleased to announce two new blends to be introduced and available at the Chicago 2011 Show. The first is a new addition to the GL Pease 'New World' series called "Triple Play". Here are Greg's own words about the new blend:

After the wonderful reception of JackKnife Plug, more than a few of you asked for a virginia/perique plug. Some suggested adding perique to JackKnife, which, of course, I tried, but the balance was wrong. The overall profile was nice, but the amount of dark-fired leaf competed with, rather than enhanced the addition of perique. If enough perique was added, the virginias got lost. After some fiddling with the percentages of the different virginias, and reducing the amount of dark-fired leaf, everything came wonderfully into balance, and the result is Triple Play.

Once again, the leaf is pressed and matured in cakes before being cut into 2oz bars. I think the results are fantastic, and this one will appeal to lovers of classic VA/perique blends, with the added fun of having it in plug form. It reminds me a little of another old blend, but I'll keep my thoughts on that to myself until after this one is released.

Triple Play will be unveiled at the Chicago show. Several retailers have already placed their pre-orders, so we're hoping to avoid at least some of the initial supply problems we experienced with JackKnife.

Also C&D will be introducing 'First Responders'. Many of our old friends will remember Tribute, the wonderful blend created by Greg Pease to raise funds for the victims of the nightmare that took place on Sept. 11,2001. 'First Responders' is the Tribute blend re-released. Here's more:

First Responders

On Sept. 11, 2001 America and the entire world changed forever. While horrified at the devastation that occurred, the world watched with awe and wonder the heroism of the men and women who were the First Responders to the World Trade Center site. C&D recognizes and salutes their bravery and selfless dedication to others with the re-release of Tribute, the original G.L. Pease mixture created Sept. 2001 as a fund-raiser for the families of 9/11 victims. A blend of red, bright and stoved red Virginias with a dash of Perique and toasted Cavendish.

We hope to see many of you in Chicago and certainly hope you will enjoy the new blends!