Aykroyd launched his own vodka brand, Crystal Head, in 2007, but before that, in 2005 he set up a company to import Patrón tequila into Canada, according to the BBC. So essentially, Aykroyd is the reason Canadians started drinking Patrón.
Aykroyd is also part owner of several wineries in Canada's Niagara Peninsula, and the company that distributes Patrón tequila in Canada. In 2016, Aykroyd partnered with TV producers Eric Bischoff and Jason Hervey and game developer Ike McFadden to release an online-casino game that features the Blues Brothers.
After more back-and-forth and plenty of laughs from everyone, it was eventually concluded that Aykroyd did not invent Patrón. It was, in fact, invented by John Paul DeJoria in 1989.
The business is now owned by entertainment giant Live Nation, but Aykroyd remains a paid consultant. The move into the alcohol industry came in 2005, when Aykroyd set up a company to import Patron tequila into Canada. Two years later he launched his pride and joy - Crystal Head vodka.
Crystal Head Vodka is a brand of vodkas manufactured by Globefill Inc. in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It was conceived and founded by actor Dan Aykroyd and artist John Alexander in September 2008.
In May, Pitt, who is also the owner of Champagne winery Château Miraval, announced the release of The Gardener Gin, another collaboration with the Perrin Family. Distiller Tom Nichol came out of retirement for the project to create the gin he's “always dreamed of,” according to People.
Today, Patrón is one of the top-selling tequila brands in the world, selling roughly 3 million cases each year. In 2018, it was acquired by Bacardi Limited for $5.1 billion. DeJoria held a 70% stake in Patrón at the time.
Patrón tequila was founded by Martin Crowley and John Paul DeJoria in 1989. While Crowly was on a business trip in Mexico, DeJoria asked him to bring back some tequila. Crowly was inspired by a hand-blown bottle that he found in Mexico and pitched the idea of making the world's best tequila to DeJoria.
In recent radio and print interviews, Aykroyd has acknowledged that he has mild Tourette's syndrome and high-functioning Asperger's. He talked about how therapy helped ease his Tourette's symptoms by his mid-teens, and how he had learned to channel his Asperger's into creativity for his acting and singing career.
"I'd like to find the last vehicle and exit on a really high, graceful substantial note in film," Aykroyd told the Toronto Globe and Mail. "I don't feel compelled and driven, career-wise. At 49 years old, I'm really feeling sedentary, reclusive. I really just want to shut everything down for a little while."
In 1975, Aykroyd joined the founding cast of “Saturday Night,” later renamed “Saturday Night Live.” He became best friends with John Belushi, a fellow comedian and musician from suburban Chicago. Together, they worked up a blues act.
Photo: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty ImagesBy 1973, while a member of Second City and around the time of one of his earliest television gigs as the original announcer and voice of Citytv in Toronto, Aykroyd ran his own bar – the 505 Club – in the city's west end.
Hamilton, Bermuda, and Schaffhausen, Switzerland, April 30, 2018—Bacardi Limited, the largest privately held spirits company in the world, announced today the completion of a transaction that makes the family-owned company the sole owner of Patrón Spirits International AG and its PATRÓN® brand, the world's top-selling ...
In 2000, Ed Brown, co-founder of Patrón and former Seagram executive, took over as CEO. In January 2018, Patrón was sold to Bacardi, one of the world's largest privately held spirits company, for $5.1 billion.
Patrón Extra Añejo 7 Años is the one of the rarest tequilas made at Hacienda Patrón distillery in Jalisco, Mexico. The finest 100% Weber Blue Agave is harvested, baked, distilled and then aged in French oak barrels for seven years. It is presented in a hand-blown glass replica of the very first Patrón bottle.
For Patrón, its high price tag comes down to its traditional, handcrafted, and small batch system. Patrón's distillery in Jalisco, Mexico corks 80 tequila bottles per minute. The process begins with the agave plant. Agave is known for its leathery leaves that range in size from a few centimeters to 8 feet.
At the time, Mauricio Vergara, Patrón's president and chief operating officer, told The Grocer that the decision to end XO Cafe was based on the Bacardi-owned brand shifting its focus to “growing and protecting production and supply of our core super and ultra-premium tequilas.” That did not assuage the hard-core fans, ...
“Adding Patron to the Bacardi portfolio creates a tremendous opportunity for the brand outside of the United States as Bacardi's international distribution network will help grow Patron around the world, increasing scale in the U.S. and globally,” said Mahesh Madhavan, CEO of Bacardi Limited.
Bacardi Ltd. is acquiring the maker of Patrón tequila, owned by John Paul DeJoria, in a deal that values the premium brand at $5.1 billion, one of the biggest liquor buys in years as rivals scramble to own more top-shelf spirits.
Key Takeaways. Tom Cruise has an estimated net worth of $600 million as of 2023, according to Celebrity Net Worth. Cruise's Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One hit theaters on July 12, and earned close to $16 million at the box office on opening day.
In 1982, he died from combined drug intoxication at the age of 33, after a drug dealer, Cathy Smith, injected him with a mixture of heroin and cocaine (known as a speedball) at the Chateau Marmont. He was posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004.
