LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. They run one of only three farm-based artisan distilleries in Ontario. A great deal of the wheat for their spirits comes directly from an on-site 80-acre early postcolonial- era grainfield. And all the homegrown happiness happens on the island county of Prince Edward at the eastern end of Lake Ontario – just two hours northeast of Toronto. “Prince Edward County often gets more than 600 000 visitors a year,” explained Jeremiah Soucie, the co-owner of and Head of Distilling at Kinsip House of Fine Spirits in Bloomfield, Ontario. “We don’t have to market that much; people find us. It would be an understatement to say that we’re in a very alcoholic beverage-intensive area. For a long time it’s been a growing and competitive wine region; in the recent past it’s become famous for craft beer and cider – and now it has one distillery. We want all those people off-island who are buying our products and who haven’t yet had the chance to visit us to know just who we are.” Who they are is a story that doesn’t begin in Prince Edward County.
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SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • NOVEMBER 2017
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