A question about brand ambassadors

WINE TALK
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Do brand ambassadors have diplomatic immunity?? Can they drive 150 mph thropugh a school zone and then say, hey, I am the brand ambassador for Plonk Wine Estates!!
Do they have citizenship in the wineries they represent?? Special license plates?

What happens if a BA switches from Louis martini to Robert Mondavi?? Double citizenship or does he have to renounce LM before swearing allegiance to RM??

Just curious.

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Thread of the year and I don’t even now why…

:slight_smile:

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What’s the real question, Mel?

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Mel, you’re asking a lot of questions that are making the wrong people uncomfortable…

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Mel wants to open the wrong wine with Turkey this Thursday and he wants to check out his diplomatic immunity options ahead of time.

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Do brand ambassadors have diplomatic immunity?? Can they drive 150 mph thropugh a school zone and then say, hey, I am the brand ambassador for Plonk Wine Estates!!

Yes.

And they can park in “no parking” areas too.

When I grow up I want to be a brand ambassador.

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Kind of my thought too. What`s up Mel? Help us here.

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Are these political appointments?

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If you run into trouble in Napa can you contact the embassy?

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I suspect Mel might be making fun of a pretentious job title?

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I am not sure what i was thinking, or even if i was, but when I read an article that that the brand ambassador for some company was going to be at an event, I chuckled.

If they had said the ‘sales manager’ for X company was going to show up, everyone would have gone back to sleep.

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Are brand ambassadors employees? There is a winery out here on the east coast that has (had?) “ambassadors” that were customers with some special privileges, basically club members but ambassador sounded more prestigious.

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and after reading your explanation Mel, I chuckled too.

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In the mountaineering business we have brand ambassadors. I think they are at least partly exempt from the law of gravity. They can sure ascend vertical surfaces far better than ordinary mortals.

I wouldn’t want to get in a drinking contest with a wine ambassador, and probably not a political one either.

P Hickner

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Yeah, but he is just envious. Rob Casey, “brand ambassador” for Carte Blanche, is a lovely guy. I think formerly for Dom Perignon. Eat your heart out, Mel. But we still love you.

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Are these volunteer brand ambassadors kinda like honorary consuls?
Do they get special license plates?
The winery flag for the front yard?

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You can only serve as long as you don’t show wear and tear from the road. 27 is about time to make the change to a newer model. Must laugh at all the jokes while making sure the label is always facing the camera.

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Necessary for wines that lack a real story or, maybe, a soul.

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All the brand ambassadors I have ever met wear the same uniform. Low cut tight fitting dress and platform spiked heels.

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Yup, Jay…just look in any copy of TheTastingPanel magazine. They’re there in spades.
To me, the consummate brand ambassadors are AdamLee/Siduri and JoelPeterson/Ravenswood. People that have
paid their dues w/ a winry, sold it off, and now mostly do public appearances for said winery.
Have you ever seen AdamLee in a dress and spiked heels?? Not a pretty sight!! [snort.gif]
Tom