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Originally Posted by Purrybonker
What, in the name of all that is holy is a Blantons?
But more importantly - why is anyone surprised that the Beast of Bentonville sells anything?
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Going through life being an intellectual is no way to live life son.
So let me clue you in..Blantons has such a cache in the Bourbon world that is allocated.(1 bottle limit).meaning it is hard to get.. Many retailers will mark up a $58 bottle to around $180. When it does rarely hit the shelves at Total Wine or othsr retailers it is gone within a couple of hours..news travels fast through the grapevine.
Total Wine does not even.put it on the shelf nor front counter anymore..it is reserved for Club members in a lottery.
So to see Blantons at a discount merchant like Walmart..where Blantons is beyond their pricepoint for booze..as they have in the past mainly carried mass market product that sells in volume is absolutely amazing.Quanity over quality. It would be like seeing Porsches being sold at a KIA dealership.
Usually a premium brand once it starts being sold in a mass market outlet loses it premium cache. A number of companies have gone out of biz doing that..
Walmart and Sams as of late is carrying some of the more esoteric liquor brands..
I am still looking for Wellers and Stag Jr..Sazarac which owns Buffalo Trace distillery has a lot of in more demand than supply Bourbon brands.
Btw..i dont think Blantons is all that special..