Can Anyone Confirm These McC Discontinuations?

[cosmicfolklore]

Skip at The Briary told me that they will be getting a new bulk blend in from McClelland soon that is replacing 5100. But, by all means,.. panic, panic, yes. Feel the panic flowing through you. Buy, buy, spend,... Muah ha ha!!!

 

[lazar]

The idea of "art for art's sake" is a fairly recent development. In the past, artists were very much businessmen, seeking out commissions, having a shop with assistants to handle the work flow, being members of guilds to help build business connections, or working essentially as servants in wealthy households.

Well, I guess 19th century is recent in the vast sweep of history.... But I also think there's a difference between art for art's sake, and an individual's personal motivation and urge to create art as a mode of self-expression. Not saying it will always be good art....

The issue is that each edition is unique and each edition is a vintage composed from a different single crop (yes, red Virginia, but not THE SAME red Virginia), so under the benighted FDA rules these don't qualify as being in continuous production since prior to 2/15/07, and so don't get grandfathered in.

That's just insane. I would hate to live inside the heads of people who write tax laws, insurance rules, and FDA regs. I can't even fathom how their minds work. By this way of thinking, in theory no blend remians "the same" over time because they don't use the same crops of tobaccos every year. :?

 

[sablebrush52]

By this way of thinking, in theory no blend remians "the same" over time because they don't use the same crops of tobaccos every year. :?

Only a few blends are "vintage" types of single crop blends. That puts them in a different category from the vast majority of blends on the market. Many of these other blends are made from crops grown over several years which helps keep the flavor of that blend consistent over time.

Well, I guess 19th century is recent in the vast sweep of history.... But I also think there's a difference between art for art's sake, and an individual's personal motivation and urge to create art as a mode of self-expression. Not saying it will always be good art....

Yep. I've been a professional artist for close to 50 years. Some of it has been passionate joy, and some of it has been just a job.

 

[saltedplug]

Yesterday I wrote that I wished MC would clarify our current confusion, not thinking they probably have better things to do, like running their business.

 

[balkisobrains]

Not to get too far off topic, but do we know how the FDA plans to define what is acceptable tobacco to use in a blend? Will the leaf always have to remain genetically identical, or is there leeway there?

 

[oldgeezersmoker]

No business likes to leave it's customers (in this case B&M's and on line retailers) in a state of confusion. I seriously doubt that Mary and Mike would do this to create a panic situation and an artificial demand for their products.
With the deeming regulations and what appears to be a disruption in availability of a significant source of raw materials, perhaps they themselves are as uncertain about the future as any of us.

 

[jravenwood]

That’s my thought too - from everything I’ve read, Mike is a stand up guy and not the type of folks that would do something like this just to sell extra tins of tobacco...