Crystal Head Vodka

Corporations Canada lists Globefill Incorporated (684158-9) as an active CBCA non-distributing corporation with 50 or fewer shareholders, registered office at 4950 Yonge Street, North York, and Daniel Edward Aykroyd of Elginburg, Ontario as the only individual with significant control, holding directly more than 50 percent and up to 75 percent of the shares. Directors are Jonathan Hemi, David Brown, and Dan Aykroyd, all at Ontario addresses, and co-founder John Alexander of New York; since no one else meets the 25 percent ISC threshold, the split of the remaining shares is an estimate and the 0.2 US share reflects Alexander's likely minority stake. The vendor's imprint and terms pages name Globefill Inc. as the operator, and no parent company or outside investor appears in the registry or press.

• Federal corporation information - 684158-9 - Online Filing Centre - Corporations Canada registry “More than 50% and up to 75% of the shares”
• Imprint - Crystal Head Vodka vendor_statement “Globefill Inc. 4950 Yonge Street, Suite 2002 Toronto, ON M2N 6K1”
• Terms - Crystal Head Vodka vendor_statement “Any use by you of the website operated by Globefill Inc. at crystalheadvodka.com”

The vendor's FAQ states the vodka is produced in St. John's, Newfoundland at one of the last government-owned distilleries in the world, where the spirit is reduced with Newfoundland water, filtered, and bottled. The Newfoundland Labrador Liquor Corporation's own product listing tags it Local and Made in Canada, and Wikipedia names the NLC's Rock Spirits distillery as the site. All three expressions are made there, so manufacturing is entirely Canadian.

• FAQ - Crystal Head Vodka vendor_statement “Crystal Head Vodka is produced in St. John's, Newfoundland, on an island off the Canadian coast, at one of the last government-owned distilleries in the world.”
• Crystal Head Vodka – Newfoundland Labrador Liquor Corporation other “Local Made in Canada”
• Crystal Head Vodka - Wikipedia press “manufactured by Globefill Incorporated at the Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation distillery called Rock Spirits in Newfoundland, Canada”

Globefill's head office and registered office are in Toronto, three of its four directors live in Ontario, and the Financial Post reports that global distribution is managed by Wine Classics International, whose president Jonathan Hemi is also Globefill's listed contact; production staff at the St. John's distillery are NLC employees. The one US director is in New York and the brand's largest market and web-shop fulfilment are in the United States, so a small US share is assumed; the company publishes no headcount by country and this split is an estimate.

• Imprint - Crystal Head Vodka vendor_statement “Jonathan Hemi Globefill Inc. 4950 Yonge Street, Suite 2002 Toronto, ON M2N 6K1”
• Federal corporation information - 684158-9 - Online Filing Centre - Corporations Canada registry “4950 Yonge Street Suite 2002 North York ON M2N 6K1 Canada”
• Dan Ackroyd's Crystal Head Vodka: Celebrity builds brand awareness | Financial Post press “Jonathan Hemi, president of Wine Classics International which manages the global distribution of Crystal Head Vodka”

The vendor states the flagship Original is crafted from locally sourced Canadian corn and blended with Newfoundland water, while Aurora uses English wheat, Onyx uses Blue Weber agave from a single farm in Mexico, and every skull bottle is manufactured by Bruni Glass in Milan, Italy; the Herkimer quartz used in filtration comes mainly from New York. The Italian bottle is a major cost of this product, so the EU share is large despite the Canadian spirit base, and the weighting between lines is an estimate since the vendor publishes no revenue split.

• Original - Crystal Head Vodka vendor_statement “crafted from locally sourced Canadian corn. It is distilled four times into a neutral grain spirit and blended with pristine water from Newfoundland, Canada”
• FAQ - Crystal Head Vodka vendor_statement “Each Crystal Head bottle is manufactured to exacting standards by Bruni Glass in Milan, Italy.”
• Aurora - Crystal Head Vodka vendor_statement “Aurora uses the highest-quality English wheat blended with pristine water from Newfoundland, Canada”
• ONYX - Crystal Head Vodka vendor_statement “Crafted with premium Blue Weber agave, sourced from a single farm in Mexico.”