So, where are we now after c. 200 posts?

Q: Has the offering in the 'exalted lounges' been diminished?
A: Yes

Q: How many people really care or even notice?
A: That is an open question. Some on FT deem it dramatic. Many other pax perhaps don't notice.

Q: Is BA trying to save money?
A: Obviously, that is what they now do.

Q: Will passengers flee BA as these products are now unavailable?
A: No.

Individual tastes, and dissertations on vinification and terroir, meat hanging and indeed the source of the water (Peckham Spring was fashionable once, IIRC) achieve nothing. BA is continuing to cut costs ... simples, sad, but true.