Things like product names and branding are not about the customer in that sense.
A basic economics course will tell you that companies have a couple of aims and characteristics they want to achieve. In the case of the Scottish distilleries whose product meets the criteria of a Scotch, prestige is one of those aims. There is definitely a prestige in the whisky world when it comes to the label Scotch. The more protected and limited that appellation is the better it is for those companies. And then for the people of Scotland. It is a source of pride, and why shouldn't it be?
It's really not about the customer in this case - except for those who enjoy the knowledge that the Scotch they're drinking can only be from Scotland. That type of brand recognition is important, almost priceless.
A basic economics course will tell you that companies have a couple of aims and characteristics they want to achieve. In the case of the Scottish distilleries whose product meets the criteria of a Scotch, prestige is one of those aims. There is definitely a prestige in the whisky world when it comes to the label Scotch. The more protected and limited that appellation is the better it is for those companies. And then for the people of Scotland. It is a source of pride, and why shouldn't it be?
It's really not about the customer in this case - except for those who enjoy the knowledge that the Scotch they're drinking can only be from Scotland. That type of brand recognition is important, almost priceless.
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- 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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