Who owns Caroreña?
Caroreña is owned by Empresas Polar (Venezuela).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Empresas Polar — Hitos Históricos. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Empresas Polar reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇻🇪 Venezuela, Caracas
- Origin
- 🇻🇪 Venezuela
- Category
- Beverages › Wine & champagne › Still wine
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Caroreña
Caroreña is Empresas Polar's sangría, made from fresh grapes with natural fruit extracts and sold in red, white and rosé styles as well as a carbonated version, according to the brand's own pages on empresaspolar.com. Its name echoes Carora, the Lara state town where Polar's Bodegas Pomar winery is based, and the range has expanded into mojito and grapefruit variants aimed at casual, shareable drinking occasions rather than the table-wine positioning of Pomar itself.
Ownership timeline of Caroreña
- Current owner Empresas Polar [1] reported
Where Caroreña sits in Empresas Polar
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Empresas Polar
Empresas Polar controls 17 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Bodegas Pomar (1990)
- Maltín Polar (1951)
- Minalba
- Polar Pilsen (1941)
- Toddy
- Yukery
Other brands in still wine, and who owns them
The 128 brands in still wine on Brandtree belong to 35 owners. The largest is Concha y Toro, with 11; Empresas Polar has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Almaviva | Concha y Toro | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Carlo Rossi | Gallo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bodega San Telmo | Grupo Peñaflor | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Aura | Sogrape | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
| AFIP | Changyu | 🇨🇳 China |
| Archery Summit | Crimson Wine Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
| 19 Crimes | Treasury Wine Estates | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Aphrodite | KEO | 🇨🇾 Cyprus |
About the owner: Empresas Polar
Empresas Polar is a privately held company headquartered in Caracas, Venezuela, founded in 1941. Brandtree records 17 brands under its control.
Empresas Polar is Venezuela's largest privately held company, founded in Caracas in 1941 around what became Polar Pilsen beer and grown since into the country's dominant food and beverage group. Its own history describes deliberate diversification along the corn value chain from Harina P.A.N. precooked flour, into rice, pasta, snacks, dairy, oils and packaging, and a major expansion in 2001 when it bought food conglomerate Mavesa and inherited that company's margarine, condiment, cold-cuts and home-care brands. It now also operates P.A.N. flour plants and joint ventures outside Venezuela, in Colombia, the United States, Mexico, Spain and elsewhere, describing itself as the first global mass-consumption brand to come out of Venezuela.
Empresas Polar: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇻🇪 Caroreña and other Venezuelan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 25 brands that began in Venezuela. 3 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Caroreña is not one of them.
- Angostura aromatic bitters — Angostura 🇹🇹
- Avior Airlines — Avior Airlines 🇻🇪
- Club Social — Mondelēz 🇺🇸
- Conviasa — Conviasa 🇻🇪
- Estelar — Estelar 🇻🇪
- Fabuloso — Colgate-Palmolive 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Caroreña?
The parent company of Caroreña is Empresas Polar, a privately held company headquartered in Venezuela.
Is Caroreña Venezuelan?
Yes. Caroreña originated in Venezuela and its owner, Empresas Polar, is also headquartered in Venezuela.
Is Caroreña still owned by Empresas Polar?
Yes. As of 21 September 2026, Caroreña is still owned by Empresas Polar. 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] Empresas Polar — Hitos Históricos — Empresas Polar, Official document; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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