Hi! We’re Ryan & Taylor, the guys behind Wild Lot.
Ryan’s originally from a the small town of St. George (ON) and Taylor grew up just north of Toronto. Both of us moved to downtown Toronto at the start of our adult lives, where we eventually met in Little Italy. We both fantasized about one day opening a food and beverage business together and imagined leaving “the big city” for one of our favourite places in the world, Prince Edward County.
When both of us were fired from our corporate jobs in late 2019 and early 2020, we decided “Screw it! Life’s too short! Let’s give it a shot at chasing our dreams!”
So, we said goodbye to our city life in October 2020, traded in cubicles for overalls, moved to the country, and started navigating the highly complex process of starting a farm distillery. After years of planning, zoning, licensing, designing, renovating, sourcing, tinkering, creating, (and crying), we opened up our farm distillery to the public on June 10, 2023.
Our farm sits on 35 acres of unspoiled land in the agricultural hamlet of Sophiasburgh (PEC), where a converted century-old dairy barn and restored tractor drive shed now house a collective 5000 square feet of space containing a retail shop, tap room, restaurant, event space, and production.
The distillery crafts a number of innovative ready-to-drink canned cocktails as well as small batch spirits, built by a proudly patriotic Canadian Supply Chain.
What a Patriotic Supply Chain Means to Us?
It means investing over $1 Million dollars in Canadian raw materials over the last 3 years to create our products, supporting Canadian industry and jobs.
It means sourcing 100% of our fresh pressed fruit juices from Canada, supporting local farmers, orchards, and juicers. Even the tropical fruits that cannot be grown in Canada are made from upcycled ugly fruits that would otherwise be discarded by the big Canadian grocery chains, and juiced in Quebec.
It means using only Canadian grains as the base for our spirits: Vodka, Gin, Liqueurs, and Whisky.
It means partnering with small local business owners to scale their operations as we grow. Investing heavily in Canadian maple syrup, honey, coffee roasting, and even dairy.
It means scrutinizing all details of our packaging materials to keep support in our own backyard - paper mills, corrugate suppliers, labels printers.
It means procuring only locally made products to sell at our farm shop and modifying our purchasing practices to prioritize Canadian-made.
At Wild Lot we commit to conscious and meaningful continued actions to put Canada first!
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