By David MacDonald B efore we get into specifics about the craft spirits industry in Canada and your growth as a fam- ily-run business in a relatively new market, I’m sure there are readers who are already trying to guess the meaning behind the Polonée name. Care to quench their curiosity? AS: We’d love to, David. Polonais is the French word for Polish and we basically mixed that with the word soirée , which is also French and means a party in the evening. I’m originally from Poland, so basically our vodka is Polish – and we don’t know of too many other Polish distilleries in Canada, let alone Ontario. Vodka, it can be argued, origi- nated in Poland. Some say Russia, but it really comes down to who can provide the better reference and that seems to change all the time. We can confidently say it comes from Eastern Europe, but Kannuk is really Canadian-inspired Polish vodka. Why the distinction between the name of the distillery and your feature product?
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