Passage of I-1100 Will Benefit Small Wineries!

[funkietoo]

In speaking with a friend that owns a small winery and is well connected with other small winery owners, he shared the following with me in a recent email:

Please don’t believe the current TV ads against Initiative 1100 featuring a small winemaker. I-1100 would be the best thing that ever happened to small wineries in Washington, legally speaking. If you do vote against it, please don’t do so because the wholesalers say it will hurt small wineries.

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[mehud7]

The WEA (Washington Education Association) OPPOSES I-1100 on the grounds that it will mean less funding for public education.

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[funkietoo]

We as a society to develop a solid, consistent method to fully fund education. This is insane.

Even though I don’t have any childen, I have always voted yes on school levies; volunteered at schools; etc. Having grown up in Seattle Public Schools, am keenly aware of the impact of substandard funding.

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[happy hour]

I saw a ch 5 special on winery’s last night after the news Giving discounts to larger retailers. Yes, I believe retailers will go for the bottom line for profits and weed out smaller winery’s for larger profit margins. Yes, it will also affect budget cuts for local programs and schools I’m sure you can look it up on line

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[Carson]

It makes no sense what the winery’s are saying. Do they actually want to compete with the national brands on volume and price? That sounds like business suicide. How do small winery’s and brewers compete in other “open” states? Simple. They offer a better and more unique product. This is all marketing BS and the winery’s are nothing but front men. If you make a better product, you can charge more for it and if your product is indeed better, people will find you. For a further example see Zippy’s. They make hamburgers, McDonalds makes hamburgers. They (Zippy’s) competes by making a better product, not trying to compete on price and volume.

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[DP]

Plus, unlike McDonalds’ food, Zippy’s hamburgers are actually healthy and good for you.

That’s what someone told me, anyway.

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[maplesyrup]

It’s not like you can find a bunch of boutique wines in Safeway right now.

And in order to be in big chains you have to be able to supply certain quantities to make it worth their while, so small wineries are already out of that equation anyway.

But 1100 does give smaller wineries the potential to put their wares in a lot more retail outlets. Nor would they be forced to go through any particular distribution system.

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