tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post1970393031595781792..comments2024-03-19T20:31:23.141-05:00Comments on The Chuck Cowdery Blog: When 'All' Doesn't Actually Mean 'All'Chuck Cowderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-29333709998796774592021-10-01T18:48:22.336-05:002021-10-01T18:48:22.336-05:00The KDA board is made up of one representative fro...The KDA board is made up of one representative from each member company. Most of the time, that person is based in Kentucky but, obviously, most of them work for companies that are not based in Kentucky. Sazerac is odd because, technically, it is based in Louisiana but its CEO, Mark Brown, and all of its management are in Kentucky. Regardless of where they are based, every KDA member has one or more major facilities in Kentucky so the Kentucky focus is strong, maybe too strong sometimes. Chuck Cowderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-60337674413968522852019-09-05T09:12:27.841-05:002019-09-05T09:12:27.841-05:00There are only two non public and/or international...There are only two non public and/or internationally owned majors left. One is not in the KDA and the other is the only one of its kind in the KDA...so is it really local people driving KDA? Or really a proxy for people in London, Tokyo, Milan, Paris...it is the quintessential American Produced Product...<br /><br />It would be cool to have Heaven Hill and BT start there own “KDA” and kind of be the KDA for “Locals”...i would bet that both have most of the big awards in the bourbon world anyway. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-71486734528003126672019-08-26T10:35:29.937-05:002019-08-26T10:35:29.937-05:00Great post, Mr. Cowdery! Good whisk(e)y has a way ...Great post, Mr. Cowdery! Good whisk(e)y has a way of encouraging people to drink it without such sillishness and slogans telling people to drink it. Bourbon is not Coca-Cola :)<br /><br />I was somewhat jaded with Sazerac due to availability problems of Buffalo Trace products and I'd heard before that they weren't part of the Trail, but didn't know why. Now I have a renewed appreciation for them. Not that I'll overpay for their product. But I'll continued picking it up when available.<br /><br />Nothing worse than condo board mentality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-70490542056622746512019-08-25T17:58:16.819-05:002019-08-25T17:58:16.819-05:00Trade associations can be an effective "force...Trade associations can be an effective "force multiplier" for an industry. But when they start seeing themselves as grail guardians and excluding and even attacking anyone they see as not paying tribute and playing by their rules, it gets ugly. <br /><br />The line between upholding standards, and bullying and squelching innovation, is a murky one.<br /><br />The KDA seems to follow the same model as the SWA (Scotch Whisky Association), whose legal teams are always on the lookout for perceived threats. While they do good work nailing plagiarizers and exposing genuine fakers, their hubris leads to overreach.<br /><br />Fortunately, they don't always win. Just like Sazerac seems to do fine on the wrong side of the KDA, Glenora and Compass Box, just to name two well-known examples, benefited more than they were hurt from the fame of standing up to the SWA.Erik Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12240369317945678257noreply@blogger.com