Something for Everyone: The Briar & The Burley

(Tobacco Business) It’s the Wednesday before the Chicagoland Pipe & Tobacciana Show begins, and Mike Fisher, the owner of The Briar & The Burley in Bloomington, Indiana, is hosting a trunk show with pipemaker Luigi Viprati and Maurizio Fraternale, Viprati’s distributor. In his guests’ honor, Fisher has brought in Peroni beer and pizza, and everyone is enjoying the food and libations as they peruse Viprati’s stock.
In the smoking lounge, about a half-dozen men and women of all ages are contentedly puffing away on their pipes. Continued