Try to force down some Dan Aykroyd wine

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It made sense when Francis Ford Coppola, with his Italian name and wine-soaked Godfather movies, got into the wine business. I was even willing to buy Mike Ditka as a wine maker (not “buy” as in actually purchase, though they were sampling some at Costco last week—not bad). But it’s time to draw the line at Dan Aykroyd opening a vineyard in Canada. Not that Aykroyd doesn’t have some fine ideas—Coneheads vodka sounds like a winner (though a more natural fit for the Coneheads might be “mass quantities” of beer—can you imagine those “Drink responsibly” ads?).

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