[Data-modeling] Tweaks to the food domain

[Jeff Prucher]

Oh dear, and I thought this would be a simple fix. 

Most of the topics currently using the Whisky type probably map to the idea
of brands most closely. Since my goal here is simply to fix up some of the
existing types, rather than to create whole new schemata, I'm tempted to
just say for now that the type "Whisky" be reserved for whisky brands, and
to let people with more knowledge in the space flesh out the model.  

Jeff


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> Giannandrea
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> Id suggest that the whisky is the brand and if its a blend it 
> may or may not list some of the contributing distilleries.
> whisky as a food or beverage will presumably acquire 
> manufacturer or distributer properties from elsewhere.
> -jg
> 
> Tom Morris wrote:
> > I think the separation is useful, but are we talking about 
> > distilleries or companies or brands.  Leaving aside for a 
> minute the 
> > fact that purists might not consider blended "whisky" to be 
> whiskys at 
> > all, have a look at 
> http://www.scotlandwhisky.com/about/brands.  The 
> > Johnnie Walker brand's "spiritual home" is the Cardhu 
> distillery, but 
> > Ballantine has no identifiable distillery associated with 
> it.  Neither 
> > of them actually distill any spirits.
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