WORDS & PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN
In early September, on what turned out to be the first glorious ‘sweater weather’ weekend of the season, Willibald Farm Distillery & Brewery hosted its inaugural charity car show: Willibald Motorfest. Featuring over thirty modern exotics and mouth- watering classics – including a bonkers Bronco restomod, a sprinkling of well-aged Ferraris (gaited shifters and all), an entire row of Stuttgart’s finest, a good showing of American muscle, and a sprinkling of newer super cars – the car show provided the TOQUE team with yet another excuse to visit this favourite pastoral destination. And the event didn’t disappoint.
Italian meat sandwiches at the Pasture Bar. Pints of ‘City Slicker’ IPA in the field. Car- gazing all around the property. And, for Cai and me, dinner in Willibald’s barn-turned- restaurant after the show. ‘Confit Duck Wings’. ‘Classic’ pies. And a couple of Negronis.
The Motorfest (sponsored by McFarlanRowlands Insurance Brokers, Team Vincent Motorsport, and Dragas Auto Gallery) raised funds and awareness for Rare Charitable Conservation Reserve – a community-based land trust and environmental institute dedicated to protecting over twelve hundred acres of environmentally sensitive land across Waterloo Region and Wellington County.
Take a look see. And then check drinkwillibald.com for info on this season’s upcoming events.
