The Scotch Whisky Association said there were plenty of good whisky pubs in Scotland.
Minimum pricing is also being challenged in court by the the Scotch Whisky Association.
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) and several European wine and spirits bodies are seeking a judicial review of the legislation.
The list of Scotland's knighthoods includes Ian Good, head of the Edrington drinks group and chairman of the Scotch Whisky Association.
The plan is being challenged by the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) both at the European Commission and through the Scottish courts.
The Scotch Whisky Association said not being exempt could limit its expansion.
Exports to the Far East were up almost a third in the first half of the year, said the Scotch Whisky Association.
Two trade bodies, the Scotch Whisky Association and the European Spirits Organisation, have been granted judicial review of the legislation at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.
The fall in drink exports was reflected in recent figures from the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) which said overseas sales stalled in the first half of this year.
The Scotch Whisky Association said the industry supported Scottish farmers.
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Karen Prentice of the Scotch Whisky Association - the body which represents the industry - says that, if Tesco is committed to lowering prices, it is going about it the wrong way.
However, the government has undertaken not to introduce the measures until after the conclusion of the challenge brought at the Court of Session in Edinburgh by the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) and several European wine and spirits bodies.
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Gavin Hewitt, chief executive of the Scotch Whisky Association, which represents the industry, stressed that Scottish-made whisky was competing in tough international markets where it was up against other whiskies and other spirits, from vodka to distilled rice.
Scotland is to see the introduction of minimum pricing set at 50p per unit of alcohol, although the European Commission has descried the move as "disproportionate", while it is also being challenged on legal grounds by the Scotch Whisky Association.
Although the act in Scotland received Royal Assent in June it is not yet in force due to the EC's concerns and a legal challenge by the Scotch Whisky Association and wine-producing European Union nations such as France, Italy and Spain.
Among the big company names to be spotted were British Gas, the Scottish division of the British Airports Authority, Tesco, British Telecom, the Scottish Tourist Board, Railtrack, and the Scotch Whisky Association which, surprisingly enough, has until now turned up at all the other parties' conferences but not at the Scottish Nationalists'.
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