The list includes wineries, cellars, production companies, trading companies and auction houses. In addition to alcoholic beverages (wine, beer, spirits), some also produce non-alcoholic beverages such as mineral water and fruit juices, as well as some completely different products such as food. In terms of sales volume of alcoholic beverages, the English multinational Diageo, the French multinational Pernod Ricard, the US multinationals Constellation Brands, Fortune Brands and Gallo, the Australian multinational Treasury Wine Estates and the international group Bacardi-Martini Limited are at the top. Measured purely in terms of wine, however, the ranking would be quite different, as the spirits share of sales volume is significantly higher for most companies. Some companies are intertwined or have a shared history. Others were dissolved in the course of mergers or takeovers, but are interesting for historical reasons.
Accolade Wines to Brown Brothers
Campari to Foster's
Gallo to LVMH
- Gallo - California-USA
- GAMIT - the five most successful US wine companies
- Globalwine - Switzerland
- Grands Chais de France (GCF) - France
- Hardy Wine Company - Australia
- Harvey 's (Harvey's of Bristol) - England
- Hawesko (CWD, Jacques' Wein-Depot, Carl Tesdorpf, Deutschwein Classics, Globalwine, Vinos, Vogel Vins, Wein & Co, Weinland Ariane Abayan, Wein Wolf, Wir Winzer) - Germany
- Henkell - Germany
- Hess Family Estates - Switzerland
- Hillebrand - Germany
- Jackson Family Wines - California-USA
- Jacques' Wein-Depot - Germany
- Kavaklidere - Turkey
- Lenz Moser AG - Austria
- Lindeman's - Australia
- Lurton (family empire) - France
- LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy) - France
Madeira Wine to Pieroth
Racke to Tsantali
- Racke - Germany
- Rémy Cointreau (Rémy Martin, Metaxa) - France
- Rothschild (various families and companies) - France
- Rotkäppchen-Mumm - Germany
- Santa Rita - Chile
- Sotheby's - England
- Southcorp - Australia
- Ste Michelle Wine Estates (UST, Altria Group) - Washington-USA
- Suntory - Japan
- Symington - Portugal
- Tekel (now Mey Içki Sanayi, owned by Diageo) - Turkey
- Torres, Torres China, Miguel Torres, Marimar Estate - Spain, China, Chile, California
- Treasury Wine Estates (formerly Beringer Blass W. E., Foster's W. E.) - Australia/USA
- Tsantali - Greece
Underberg to Zachys
Further information
For information on the annual wine production volumes and vineyard areas of the wine-growing countries, see Wine production volumes. See also Globalisation, Wine-growing institutions and Wine trade.
