tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31735534.post7600820746650889589..comments2023-10-15T16:28:31.347+01:00Comments on The Joseph Report: Why the Australians and Swedes are cleverer than usAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00489507739203968378noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31735534.post-39369665887291541482012-04-02T07:26:15.418+01:002012-04-02T07:26:15.418+01:00Thanks Stephen for your thoughtful response. We ma...Thanks Stephen for your thoughtful response. We may not have a monopoly in the UK, but we do have a quintopoly of big retailers who have enormous influence over the way we drink. Just tink about the way they have nudged and driven us towards acceptinf screwcaps - and to positioning wine as a discounted product. <br />My suggestion would be to their and to producers' advantage, in improving Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489507739203968378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31735534.post-2619719016349463982012-04-02T06:30:08.127+01:002012-04-02T06:30:08.127+01:00Hi Robert
I share your sentiments and would add t...Hi Robert<br /><br />I share your sentiments and would add the LCBO in Ontario as an example of another part of the world that encourages and embraces lighter weight packaging. But like Sweden and Norway, it is their position as a government monopoly that allows them the ability to over-ride the sensibilities of producers by demanding that wines are packaged with the environment in mind rather Stephen Cronkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01305612066746952297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31735534.post-85520168068889627322012-04-01T11:23:30.590+01:002012-04-01T11:23:30.590+01:00Richard, Almost ALL packaging is environmentally a...Richard, Almost ALL packaging is environmentally anachronistic. And that's as true of olive oil as wine.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489507739203968378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31735534.post-55517096638759014242012-04-01T11:21:58.450+01:002012-04-01T11:21:58.450+01:00From Richard Gawel (@oliveoilguy) via twitter
@rob...From Richard Gawel (@oliveoilguy) via twitter<br />@robertjoseph Deep punt, thick walled bottles r an environmental anachronism. Time to skew quality perception in a different way?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489507739203968378noreply@blogger.com