Message 28881 of 39188 in General Discussion

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> I don't know what the issue is. We have something that's "made in 
> France" and produced by so and so company in NY. The producer is the 
> person who invents and trademarks an item and owns rights to it, not 
> the factory that brews and mixes the product. And that's what the 
> lady says her company is. So why the conspiracy theory?

The producer is the one who invents and trademarks it? As if spirit are like 
movies! The production is in France. The stuff is manufactured there. I also 
doubt if this own invention goes beyond the creation of the idea of mixing 
cognac vodka and tropical fruit flavours. The technological(real) product 
development is probably done by someone at that french distillery. Btw. you 
cannot trademark a physical product you can trademark a brand (although I 
would agree that a brand can make part of a product). 
But for most these are just details. It doesn't change the flavour and if 
people like to believe it than they probably get a better drinking experience. 
Not my sort of esthetics though. I don't like the atmosphere setting story 
telling around spirits if the stories are less than half true. It makes them 
so much like a kinda 
'I-am-a-(dumb)-16-year-old-chick-dancing-on-the-bar-drink'.