tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post3427981843772242113..comments2024-03-17T14:10:05.912-05:00Comments on The Chuck Cowdery Blog: Diageo Says It Supports "Return to Flexibility, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in American Whiskey"Chuck Cowderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-60075210553894127892014-03-20T00:03:28.219-05:002014-03-20T00:03:28.219-05:00I agree with Chuck's comments on this. It all...I agree with Chuck's comments on this. It all boils down to business and marketing. Watering down the meaning of "Tennessee Whiskey" via a legislative lobbying action is a marketing tactic. In the bigger scheme of things it's part of a business strategy for the Asian market and elsewhere. It's the "great game" from history reincarnated in the business template - in this case booze. Why do you think we conjured up a war with Spain to wind up with the Philippines, Guam etc.? - these were naval coaling stations for sea routes to China - the big Asian/Chinese market that we were eager to get into and beat the Brits, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and Czarist Russians (not to mention the sugar industry in Cuba where the thing started with the USS Maine blowing up which provided a good excuse to declare war). It's business. Why did we abet strife in Colombia which lead to the creation of Panama and then the building of the canal? Naval strategy and merchant shipping efficiencies - business! I worked in Africa many moons ago, and back then the better hotel bars carried Jack and Johnnie Walker, so that could be an angle also. With today's market more global than before, all of this shouldn't come as a shock.Iakov Alenchikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18349664724832537648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-68344505083183206642014-03-19T01:08:38.489-05:002014-03-19T01:08:38.489-05:00Life's too short to give money to Diageo. Buy...Life's too short to give money to Diageo. Buy whiskey and anything else, frankly, from people who behave with honesty and integrity. That obviously leaves Diageo out. Just say "no". Too much good stuff out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-53533780539259925392014-03-18T20:29:16.806-05:002014-03-18T20:29:16.806-05:00Phrase of the day: "wood industry science.&qu...Phrase of the day: "wood industry science."ESJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09911824886032841859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-88204913252265933662014-03-18T18:30:37.205-05:002014-03-18T18:30:37.205-05:00It's cost cutting, plain and simple. Diageo w...It's cost cutting, plain and simple. Diageo wants to lower their costs and improve margins. That said, if they can produce a quality product with used barrels, let them! The market will decide.Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-11702944229375328712014-03-18T16:46:57.582-05:002014-03-18T16:46:57.582-05:00Danz: "Johnnie Walker Red Tennessee Whiskey ...Danz: "Johnnie Walker Red Tennessee Whiskey aged at Stitzel Weller." My family wondered why I suddenly burst out laughing. Nice one.<br /><br />Diageo has to have something in mind, otherwise why all the argument over the ability to use the title? They can obviously make whiskey with used barrels, they just can't call it Tennessee Whiskey. So...what's the deal?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-79401957191715078912014-03-18T14:32:22.766-05:002014-03-18T14:32:22.766-05:00No one is stifling jack. If you want to make whisk...No one is stifling jack. If you want to make whiskey with rejuvenated barrels, do it--just don't call it Tennessee whiskey. Bait, switch, two points!Dan Shafferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07272083916851582394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-32733006343799312862014-03-18T13:11:24.583-05:002014-03-18T13:11:24.583-05:00Red coats red label the British are coming to tell...Red coats red label the British are coming to tell us what...<br />more a statement than a comment<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06847225242104336890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-38038837213650127132014-03-18T11:30:14.385-05:002014-03-18T11:30:14.385-05:00As usual, Diageo is just looking out for the littl...As usual, Diageo is just looking out for the little guy, like when they jack up their Scotch prices in the "war on flippers." Two thoughts: (1) maybe they "found" some reused barrel old whiskey they want to sell as Tennessee whiskey, or they want to introduce Johnnie Walker Red Tennessee Whiskey aged at Stitzel Weller; (2) now I sort of want to go buy some Jack Daniels.danznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-67534906711598042432014-03-18T09:19:13.483-05:002014-03-18T09:19:13.483-05:00Semantics. But there is no doubt Diageo is up to ...Semantics. But there is no doubt Diageo is up to something. Otherwise, why would they care?Justinnoreply@blogger.com