They've done that with Cheddar and other cheeses, and I can still tell the difference between good cheddar and bad cheddar. (but then, I'm a cheddar-whore)
Random only slightly related note: I was so confused when our Whole Foods store labeled Cheddar as being Irish. So much for their "cheese experts".
Random only slightly related note: I was so confused when our Whole Foods store labeled Cheddar as being Irish. So much for their "cheese experts".
Cheddar is a bad example, since that label has been dismissed by the EU as generic. There are many other cheeses who are protected, for example Stilton, Gorgonzola and Feta.
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/ Booze: And the best whisky comes from?
- 25/01/2010 02:34:43 PM
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I was actually reading something about the whiskys Asia was churning out
- 25/01/2010 03:20:30 PM
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It's a protected label in the EU
- 25/01/2010 03:47:29 PM
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I still haven't decided if I approve of protected labels.
- 25/01/2010 04:41:45 PM
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Normally it would be a trade mark
- 25/01/2010 04:56:59 PM
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No, I am not missing that.
- 25/01/2010 05:02:04 PM
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Partly
- 25/01/2010 05:09:25 PM
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So then if a Scotch Whisky is made in Scotland...
- 25/01/2010 05:32:42 PM
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But the Taiwanese brand doesn't meet the standards for Scotch.
- 25/01/2010 05:54:43 PM
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I mean the standards of taste and quality
- 25/01/2010 06:52:10 PM
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But that's not really the point, is it?
- 25/01/2010 07:33:00 PM
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Just how I think about things then 
I think their body and substance is far more important.
- 25/01/2010 07:54:07 PM
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I think their body and substance is far more important.
- 25/01/2010 07:54:07 PM
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There's nothing snobby about protecting a brand which makes a lot of money for your country.
- 25/01/2010 04:03:45 PM
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I didn't say that it was snobby to do that.
- 25/01/2010 04:27:57 PM
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Re: I didn't say that it was snobby to do that.
- 25/01/2010 04:51:43 PM
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You still get my point.
- 25/01/2010 04:53:33 PM
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Why should they have to label it that?
- 25/01/2010 04:59:13 PM
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Because Scotch indicates a type of Whisky, not ONLY its location.
- 25/01/2010 05:09:09 PM
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There is, as far as I'm aware, nothing stopping them from doing that.
- 25/01/2010 05:13:14 PM
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And see, there's a difference in my mind.
- 25/01/2010 05:18:33 PM
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I guess so
- 25/01/2010 05:21:19 PM
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I so knew someone was going to say something along those lines 9_9
- 25/01/2010 05:35:59 PM
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You also should add that it is protecting the consumer
- 25/01/2010 04:34:22 PM
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again, though, there's no need to be rude 
- 25/01/2010 04:42:27 PM
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- 25/01/2010 04:42:27 PM
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I imagine so
- 25/01/2010 04:58:40 PM
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yes, how dare people make their own scotch.
- 25/01/2010 05:14:58 PM
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