Good Morning!!
Many of you probably know about this but just in case anyone find this interesting.
Rare text about St James Parish Perique published circa 1930's: https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/state-lwp%3A9538
Article about the Perique industry: https://es.art1lib.org/book/12656378/026348
1884's Book giving an overall vision over curing methods. Extended chapter over Perique and Louisiana: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75921#page/13/mode/1up
1898's book, same characteristics: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91934#page/8/mode/1up
1973: Book belonging to the America's Industrial Growth serie that covers, regionally, America's tobacco production. This volume dedicated to Louisiana: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78141#page/2/mode/1up
This web is a gold mine of information about tobacco: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Paper about the fermentation process and micro-organism involved in it: https://www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/tobacco/docs/#id=mqjc0196
I came to this document via this interesting discussion, here: https://fairtradetobacco.com/threads/microo…mentation.5542/
This article (sorry, in Spanish) about Hansenula anomala (now named Pichia Anomala) main yeast involved in the fermentative process of Perique Tobacco (the article principally focus in the wine process but could be an interesting reading about fermentative processes): http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?scr…332011000300010
Paper about Volatile constituents of Perique Tobacco: http://www.leffingwell.com/download/Volat…%20Tobacco4.pdf
Two similar interviews with the legendary last Perique farmer (
https://www.reesefuller.com/articles/perique-the-native-crop/
https://www.reesefuller.com/articles/the-last-perique-farmer/
Curious article about barrel fermentation at Drew State and its use in cigar manufacturing: https://drewestate.com/learn-barrel-f…w-estate-style/
Gruß!!
Louis
Thanks for posting 