Different product. Bourbon owns a lot of headspace with consumers, and is not available in most of the country right now. There are Canadian made Bourbon-like products, but nothing will fill that niche for purists.
I imagine there's a similar thing going on with California wines. But less so.
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The last bit boggles my mind. I'm american. There's not a single bottle of whisky made down here that can compete with Canadian whisky.
Different product. Bourbon owns a lot of headspace with consumers, and is not available in most of the country right now. There are Canadian made Bourbon-like products, but nothing will fill that niche for purists.
I imagine there's a similar thing going on with California wines. But less so.
I think you're right for most.
I think Canada needs to come up with a trade name/standards for their Bourbon-likes.
Try Westward out of Portland.