tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post1680161609421069829..comments2024-03-18T04:47:16.199-07:00Comments on The Gray Report: Is a Budweiser/Corona merger really bad for America?W. Blake Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-56579671963856094572013-02-16T10:38:50.468-08:002013-02-16T10:38:50.468-08:00And their heads of direct marketing call their own...And their heads of direct marketing call their own web featured products "swag and slag"...SteveinOaklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04298520974097333516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-73141028536293840192013-02-05T00:48:07.907-08:002013-02-05T00:48:07.907-08:00McS: Actually, going to Wine Market Council and Un...McS: Actually, going to Wine Market Council and Unified back to back is a great splash of cold $3 Pinot Grigio in the face. Keeps me grounded in what Americans are really drinking. You read such speculative crap all the time -- Everybody's drinking Riesling! Nobody drinks Merlot anymore! -- and I like knowing the facts.W. Blake Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-14558424233689822992013-02-04T16:17:52.102-08:002013-02-04T16:17:52.102-08:00So how much shit did you get for writing this?
ht...So how much shit did you get for writing this? <br />http://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2013/01/gallo-and-constellation-named-wineries-of-the-year<br /><br />Especially with these two nuggets: <br />Wine now international commodity, conference told.<br /><br />and<br /><br />Constellation and Gallo rewarded for strong marketing.<br /><br />I know you are just reporting from the Symposium, but that McSnobbelierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13820928126030348910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-82066939835169791872013-02-02T04:32:44.993-08:002013-02-02T04:32:44.993-08:00I'd like to make several points raised in this...I'd like to make several points raised in this post and in the comments:<br /><br />1.) Budweiser already distributes a number of craft beers in our state. While they do want to insure a big presence in the marketplace for their watery crap, they are also interested in making money. Distributing craft beers competently is allowing them to make money.<br /><br />2.) Bud/Modelo's marketEmily H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08353884042212038651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-53260947160797294462013-02-01T10:57:08.661-08:002013-02-01T10:57:08.661-08:00WBG, it's true it has. Price is the concern. A...WBG, it's true it has. Price is the concern. As craft grows, if resources are consolidated and reduced, presenting restraints, it could drive prices. I'm not losing sleep. Just a possible impact. rapopodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413215670441671568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-291783779037844472013-02-01T10:50:53.151-08:002013-02-01T10:50:53.151-08:00Blake, I respectfully disagree. Whenever the wha...Blake, I respectfully disagree. Whenever the whales get too big, it's bad news for the plankton. The antitrust laws don't have an exception for low-quality products. In this case, the DOJ Antitrust Division is just asking the basic questions: Will this merger benefit consumers? Or will it concentrate market power in a way that harms them? It's hard to imagine that it will Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-11814609994231425492013-02-01T10:02:06.663-08:002013-02-01T10:02:06.663-08:00McS: For many brands you're right; people who ...McS: For many brands you're right; people who buy Bud Light now aren't going to shift to Dogfish Head. But PBR, for one, has surprising hipster appeal at the moment. Would that survive a price hike? I wonder.<br /><br />Rapo: That's an interesting point, but craft beer has been proliferating even as mass-market beer has been consolidating, so I wouldn't worry.W. Blake Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-6098858759716130562013-02-01T08:47:45.403-08:002013-02-01T08:47:45.403-08:00It *could* further impact the hop market too. If t...It *could* further impact the hop market too. If there is even further consolidation around the few hops that the bigs use, the acreage for the myriad other hops could decrease, raising costs for smaller brewers whose beers depend on a good variety of hopsrapopodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413215670441671568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-90354982100616713472013-02-01T07:58:36.703-08:002013-02-01T07:58:36.703-08:00Price is not going to force Bud drinkers up the ch...Price is not going to force Bud drinkers up the channel. Marketing and lack of interest will keep Bud (et al) drinkers in the same spot just as with wine. Even if Moscato from Asti is close to the price of Moscato from wherever Barefoot/Gallo can find Muscat(ish) grapes to label as such, the power of marketing and brand will win out regardless of the closeness of price.<br /><br />The wine McSnobbelierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13820928126030348910noreply@blogger.com