why is penfolds trashing grange - case study in brand management

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A CASE STUDY IN BRAND MANAGEMENT

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Grange is a household name that took decades to build. Even today the brand is minted gold, so why would Penfolds be so careless to ignore the most basic rules of marketing?

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Page 1: Why is Penfolds trashing Grange - Case Study in Brand Management

A CASE STUDY IN BRAND MANAGEMENT

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The higher the price the less it’s about the wine

It’s about luxury goods like cars, watches,

fashion & jewellery

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Rolex

Tiffany’s

Mercedes-Benz

Dom Perignon

Penfolds Grange

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It took 6 decades of

great marketing to

build, starting with

Max Schubert the

great visionary.

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Succumb to GREED

• Price of Grange goes up by $100*

• Price of icon reds goes up 30%

• More icon reds released (Bin 169)

…2014 release Grange ~$800 a bottle

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Succumb to VANITY

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• Hand-blown glass ampoule

• Bespoke glass plumb-bob

• Jarrah cabinet

• Only 12 made, each

individually numbered

• A Penfolds winemaker will

attend opening ceremony

anywhere in the world

Price: $168,000

More here

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Basic marketing rules are ignored

when Penfolds launches Special Bin 620 Coonawarra

Cabernet Shiraz 2008 for $1,000

…Grange was still ~$800 a bottle

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‘Grange is no longer our top wine.

We make better, more exclusive wines

than Grange’.

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SLOTH

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It launches an Imperial (8 bottles)

of Special Bin 170

in a fancy wooden box for $65,000