Long: Chesbay Not Assault on Three-Tier

Dear Client:In the NBWA general session yesterday, there was a world-class panel featuring the top execs from top suppliers including MillerCoors' Tom Long, Heineken USA's Dolf van den Brink, AB InBev zone chief Luiz Edmond, Dogfish Head's Sam Calagione, and Crown's Bill Hackett. Moderator Jim Hellman started right off by asking Tom Long a "softball' question: What is MC trying to accomplish with the Chesbay lawsuit? And Jim asked him to address the concern distributors have regarding MC claim that