Who owns The Cardrona?
The Cardrona is owned by ThaiBev (Thailand, SGX: Y92), which has owned the brand since 2023.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Thai Beverage — Annual Report 2025, Thai Beverage Public Company Limited. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Thai Beverage Public Company Limited reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇹🇭 Thailand
- Origin
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- Category
- Beverages › Spirits › Whisky & bourbon
- Parent ticker
- SGX: Y92
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About The Cardrona
The Cardrona is a New Zealand single malt whisky made at Cardrona Distillery in New Zealand's Cardrona Valley, which marked ten years of whisky making in 2025. ThaiBev's International Beverage bought the distillery in 2023, owns it outright, and is building a new maturation warehouse and visitor centre there.
Ownership timeline of The Cardrona
Where The Cardrona sits in ThaiBev
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by ThaiBev
ThaiBev controls 18 brands on Brandtree, 18 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- 333 (1949)
- 333 Pilsner
- anCnoc
- Balblair (1790)
- Bia Lac Viet (2020)
- Bia Saigon
- Bia Saigon Chill
- Bia Saigon Special
- Chang (1995)
- Crystal (1993)
- est (2012)
- Larsen Cognac (1926)
- Oishi Green Tea
- Old Pulteney (1826)
- Phraya
- PRAKAAN (2024)
- Speyburn (1897)
Other brands in whisky & bourbon, and who owns them
The 71 brands in whisky & bourbon on Brandtree belong to 26 owners. The largest is Diageo, with 9; ThaiBev has 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Buchanan's | Diageo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Black Velvet | Heaven Hill | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Blood Oath | MGP | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Jura | Emperador | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
| Hibiki | Suntory | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Glenfiddich | William Grant & Sons | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Jack Daniel's | Brown-Forman | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Highland Park | Edrington | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
About the owner: ThaiBev
ThaiBev is a publicly listed company headquartered in Thailand, founded in 2003. Brandtree records 18 brands under its control, and it is listed as SGX: Y92.
ThaiBev was established in 2003 as a holding company for Thailand's spirits and beer businesses and listed on the Singapore Exchange in 2006. It reported sales of Baht 333,286 million for the year to September 2025 across spirits, beer, soft drinks and food. It owns Chang beer, Oishi and est, the Scotch whiskies of Inver House, and controlling stakes in Vietnam's SABECO, Myanmar's Grand Royal Group and, since an October 2024 share swap, about 70 per cent of Singapore's Fraser and Neave.
🇳🇿 The Cardrona and other New Zealand brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 76 brands that began in New Zealand. 20 of them (26%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, The Cardrona among them.
- Delegat — Delegat 🇳🇿
- Framingham — Sogrape 🇵🇹
- Kim Crawford — Constellation Brands 🇺🇸
- Matua — Treasury Wine Estates 🇦🇺
- AA Insurance — Suncorp Group 🇦🇺
- Air Chathams — Air Chathams 🇳🇿
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of The Cardrona?
The parent company of The Cardrona is ThaiBev, a publicly listed company headquartered in Thailand.
Is The Cardrona New Zealand or Thai?
The Cardrona originated in New Zealand, but it is owned today by ThaiBev, which is headquartered in Thailand. So The Cardrona is a New Zealand-origin brand under Thai ownership.
Since when has ThaiBev owned The Cardrona?
ThaiBev has owned The Cardrona since 2023.
Is The Cardrona still owned by ThaiBev?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, The Cardrona is still owned by ThaiBev. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Thai Beverage — Annual Report 2025 — Thai Beverage Public Company Limited, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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