The Courrieu pipes of Cogolin

Founded in 1802 by the Courrieu family, the pipes of Cogolin are still made today in the Ch. Courrieu works at Cogolin, a Riviera village in the heart of the Massif des Maures, near the gulf of Saint-Tropez.

Passed from father to son, the golden rules for making the Cogolin pipe have not changed and can be summed up in three words: beauty, quality and lightness.
As well as making their own models, easily recognisable by the cockerel stamped on each pipe, the works’ master pipe maker goes out himself to select the best and oldest briar of the Massif des Maures, from the surrounding villages (Ramatuelle, Sainte-Maxime, Fréjus and many others…).

They are then treated according to family tradition, so that each model can be attached to one of the six series of the “Pipes de Cogolin”: – the natural series (made from good-quality briar with a matt polish), – the extra choice natural series (briar aged and dried for years, and only polished), – the superior extra natural series (very old briar taken very close to the heart of the burl), – the Grand luxe series, known as “Flammée” (flame-grained heart of briar), – the sandblasted series (excellent briar sandblasted to make the pipe lighter) and the tinted series (waxed pipe, black, brown or burgundy).

Each smoker can then identify and choose, according to taste, the pipe that suits them best.

Georges Brassens, like Frédéric Mistral, once took a liking to one of the Cogolin pipes. Pipes they went to collect at the village works themselves.

These striking models designed and made by Ch. Courrieu of Cogolin can be found on our site, and carry with them something of the sun, the warmth and the easy manner of Provence.