Mailbag: "Let Me Give You A Little Education..."

Another happy reader feels compelled to reach out with some love.....

From The Mailbag…

Dear Mr. Wark,

I read through your ten part “series” on the three tier system. For the record. I didn’t pay a penny for the pleasure. A subscriber sent ALL TEN PARTS to me. I would not pay a thing for the crap you are slinging.

I’d be willing to bet you don’t have any more than 10 subscribers to this little piece of shit newsletter you so smugly use to disparage good people. Do yoou (SIC) really think you move the needle in any way? Do you think people read your rants and change their mind (SIC) about distributors and the 3tier system?

And how do you get away with writing lies about distributors while at the same time being the guy who runs a national association of wine stores? Conflict of interest much. Those wine store members wouldn’t have a business to run without the distributors you call crooks.

You’ve been doing this for years. How have you not has (SIC) your butt kicked by all the people you call crooks who work their ass (SIC) off to give your association members a life slinging wine they wouldn’t have if distributors didn’t exist. You probably wouldn’t have a job either if it wasn’t for distributors.

Let me give you a little education: without distributors, there isn’t any wine on shelves. Without wine on shelves there are no wine stores. Without wine stores you don’t have a job except for this shitty little substack.

So go fuck yourself.

Dear Gmailer:

So, thank you very much for being a reader. Did you enjoy the series on the three-tier system?

I’d thank you in a more personal way, but your Gmail address gives you a certain anonymity and you left no name. Can I assume, however, that you work in the wholesale tier?

To answer your question, No, I have not had my butt kicked on account of my writing. Why do you ask?

I appreciate the education. Is it really true that distributors would fold up shop if their use was not mandated by law? This I did not know. Now I feel educated.

Let me end by, again, saying thank you for writing and letting you know I’ve arranged for you to receive a complimentary paid subscription to FERMENTATION so that you don’t miss a single issue (including this one).

Sincerely,

Tom….

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