Why is brandy going away?

[Kcwhippet]

I've never been much for brandy, though I've had my share over the years. I can certainly understand why it's not as popular as it may have been some years ago. There's been a lot of recent marketing of all the latest designer tequilas and the hundreds of single malt Scotch, not to mention what seems to be a thousand new brands of vodka and almost as many new gins. We don't seem to be selling as much brandy in the shop as we did a few years ago, and I don't see much marketing out there promoting it. Personally, I'd rather a single malt Scotch. If I were to lean toward a brandy-like spirit, I'd most likely go for a Grappa.