LCBO Food & Drink Autumn 2019

LOCAL PRIDE

With global awards and classic and innovative spirits flowing, Windsor- made whisky is having a renaissance. “The water of Windsor is flowing!” says Tish Harcus, a Canadian whisky industry legend who recently celebrated 30 years with Canadian Club. created by HiramWalker, a businessman from just across the river in Detroit. Walker first opened a Windsor distillery in 1858, and brands founded by fellow Canadian whisky barons J.P. Wiser, Henry Corby, William Gooderham and James Worts are all made in Windsor today. The city became a hotspot during U.S. Prohibition in the 1920s, when Canadian spirits illicitly crossed the Detroit River to satisfy thirsty Americans, and since then Windsor has helped make a permanent name for Canadian whisky worldwide.    Today, there’s nothing underground about Windsor’s pride in its spirit: tours, tastings, cocktail bars and even craft breweries are just some of the ways it celebrates Canadian whisky’s local heritage. Here’s where to go, what to taste, and how to explore.    Windsor brand Canadian Club was

Whiskies of Windsor Ontario’s best-kept secret is secret no more—Windsor, Ont., with its storied prohibition-era history, is home to cutting- edge whisky distillers—and plenty more.

By Charlene Rooke | photography by JAMES TSE

IMAGE COURTESY OF TOURISM WINDSOR ESSEX

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FOOD & DRINK AUTUMN 2019