The world's celebrity-owned vineyards
The world's celebrity-owned vineyards
Jun 4, 2013 6
(Independent) - Niagara-on-the-Lake is one of the strangest vinous areas on earth. Flat as a tabletop, the region is distinctively rural. It seemed like a picture-perfect place to live and raise a family. And yet, it did not seem like a place that would entice a celebrity.
Dan Aykroyd's wines are well made and aim for typicity of region and terroir. Aykroyd first developed an interest in wine while working on Saturday Night Live, when Blues Band guitarist Steve Cropper introduced him to Premier Cru Bordeaux.
He developed a taste in particular for the lush, fruity wines produced in Northern California and after recognising the potential for high-quality grape production in his native Canada (at that time in its infancy), Aykroyd decided to enter the wine world.
In 2006 Aykroyd took the plunge and invested a substantial amount of money into a partnership with Diamond Estates in the Niagara Peninsula, an area now famous for making world-class pinot noir and sweet icewine.
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