Chris Pitcher

can we read into that, that you're probably getting to a stage now where you're going to maintain or perhaps even reduce the value of your barreled whiskeys?

Could you just dig in a bit more detail into how big a contribution that the return of shipments to Japan was in the period?

is it a fair assumption to assume that inventories are at a good level at your wholesalers

how you're going to retain these people that are coming across?