[MM-MALTS-L] Save Johnnie Walker Whisky/advert

[Iain Russell]

Geez, that's quite a rant Horst.

re: "Finally people stopped drinking".  Have people stopped drinking Scotch 
in greater numbers than those that have stopped drinking drinking vodka, gin 
etc during this recession?

And I'll remember your thoughts on the iniquities of bottling in Scotland 
next time I see a Volkswagen or another make of imported car that has been 
designed and built abroad.

Why should we work hard abroad and pay for Volkswagen's assembly costs in 
Germany which could increase our own nation balance sheet? Is this fair?? 
;)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Horst Luening" <luening at dr-luening.de>
To: "MaltManiacs operated former 'MALT-L' Whisky List" 
<mm-malts-l at grsnet.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 1:45 PM
Subject: [MM-MALTS-L] Save Johnnie Walker Whisky/advert


> Hi!
>
> I have some strange thoughts about this Kilmarnock thing. And - please
> note - that I am *not* living in Scotland or in the UK.
>
> Uk administration did not help the industry. In contrast, they are 
> throwing
> 'sticks at their legs' as we are saying here in Germany. They forced the
> industry to place expensive duty stamps on the bottles. Even knowing, that
> this will not help tax fraud. Italy can tell something about this. But 
> this
> were additional costs for the industry.
>
> Next thing was the rise of the alc. tax. Then all whisky plants, without a
> single fire in the last decades, were classified as chemical plants and
> needed a lot of additional safty equipment. Not to mention all the fine 
> dust
> impact on the energy bill. All this resulted in additional costs.
>
> And what happened? Finally people stopped drinking. And they began their
> reduction with the relatively high priced well branded whisky names. 
> Johnnie
> Walker is one of them. Whyte & Mackay also announced a cut of 15% in
> workforce.
>
> The only chance for Diageo to get the boat floating again is selling more
> abroad. And you have to divide money with the receiving nations. Otherwise
> the will not buy. Why should we work hard abroad and pay for bottling 
> costs
> which could increase our own nation balance sheet? Is this fair? We risk 
> our
> livers and the money should go in total to other people?
>
> Sorry. I am not able to understand this. The real mess is, that neither 
> the
> town of Kilmarnock has looked for diversification in the past nor did the
> governments in Edingburgh and London have. If you start messing around 
> with
> laws you have to look further if you are able to afford the consequences.
> And nobody can say, that Diageo and the others have not opposed all
> government actions one after each other. Now the bath tub is empty. Sorry,
> everybody in Great britain should have known better.
>
> Kind regards from abroad.
>
> Horst
>
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