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Haara compares challenges to handmade claims and the relationship between federal label approval and private consumer suits.
The handmade-label cases illustrate that vague praise, production-method language, and measurable representations are not interchangeable; whether a claim is actionable depends on its wording, context, verifiability, and likely consumer understanding.
Chapter 6, “Bourbon Marketers Write the Book on Puffery and Exaggeration” — puffery and handmade-label litigation; measurable Hermitage process claims
Chapter 6, “Bourbon Marketers Write the Book on Puffery and Exaggeration” — puffery and handmade-label litigation; measurable Hermitage process claims
Textually verified against extracted text and visually located in the complete 199-sheet review on 2026-08-27. Crosswalk verified 2026-09-16 against the local ebook: Chapter 6, “Bourbon Marketers Write the Book on Puffery and Exaggeration” — puffery and handmade-label litigation; measurable Hermitage process claims. Internal PDF sheets 84–90; these are file coordinates, not printed pagination. Supersedes prior locator PDF sheet 76 PDF sheet 79.
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Freshly read PDF84–91, with Hermitage figures88–89 inspected. Keep persuasive metaphor, aspiration and subjective praise. Do not generalize these cases into permission for false founding dates, invented recipes or misleading overall impressions. The Ridgewood misrepresentation claims were withdrawn (85), so their withdrawal is not an affirmative holding approving fabricated heritage. The specific handmade dismissals and Hermitage measurable heating claim have different facts. Existing Page76 is a legacy reader coordinate; use the verified chapter plus PDF84–91 for this supplied file. Current legal advice is outside this historical paraphrase.