Who owns El Esteco?
El Esteco is owned by Grupo Peñaflor (Argentina).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Grupo Peñaflor — Our Wineries, Grupo Peñaflor S.A. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Grupo Peñaflor S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇦🇷 Argentina, Vicente López, Buenos Aires
- Origin
- 🇦🇷 Argentina, Cafayate, Salta
- Category
- Beverages › Wine & champagne › Still wine
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About El Esteco
El Esteco sits in Cafayate, in the Calchaquí valleys of northern Argentina, far from the Mendoza heartland where most Argentine wine is made. Its vineyards are planted at altitude in a remote and exacting landscape, and the wines that come off them are described by the group as unusually powerful and deep in character. It is the premium winery of the Peñaflor portfolio and its viticulture has been passed down through generations.
Ownership timeline of El Esteco
- Current owner Grupo Peñaflor [1] reported
Where El Esteco sits in Grupo Peñaflor
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Grupo Peñaflor
Grupo Peñaflor controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 10 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
Other brands in still wine, and who owns them
The 127 brands in still wine on Brandtree belong to 34 owners. The largest is Concha y Toro, with 11; Grupo Peñaflor has 8.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Almaviva | Concha y Toro | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Carlo Rossi | Gallo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Aura | Sogrape | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
| AFIP | Changyu | 🇨🇳 China |
| Archery Summit | Crimson Wine Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
| 19 Crimes | Treasury Wine Estates | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Aphrodite | KEO | 🇨🇾 Cyprus |
| Elton | Willamette Valley Vineyards | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Grupo Peñaflor
Grupo Peñaflor is a privately held company headquartered in Vicente López, Buenos Aires, Argentina, founded in 1914. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control.
Grupo Peñaflor is the largest winemaking company in Argentina, which it says places it among the ten largest in the world, and it is the country's biggest exporter of bottled wine and the largest producer of Malbec anywhere. It was founded in 1914 by a family of Italian immigrants making table wine and non-alcoholic drinks, changed course in the late 1990s to specialise in fine wine, and passed into the full ownership of the Bemberg family in 2010. It farms 3,200 hectares of vineyard across six Argentine wine provinces, runs twelve industrial facilities, works with more than 700 independent grape growers, employs about 2,900 people and exports around US$200 million a year to over 95 countries.
Grupo Peñaflor: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇦🇷 El Esteco and other Argentine brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 108 brands that began in Argentina. 28 of them (26%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; El Esteco is not one of them.
- BC — Arcor 🇦🇷
- Bonafide — Carozzi 🇨🇱
- Doña Paula — Viña Santa Rita 🇨🇱
- Etchart — Molinos 🇦🇷
- Finca Flichman — Sogrape 🇵🇹
- Graffigna — CCU 🇨🇱
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of El Esteco?
The parent company of El Esteco is Grupo Peñaflor, a privately held company headquartered in Argentina.
Is El Esteco Argentine?
Yes. El Esteco originated in Argentina and its owner, Grupo Peñaflor, is also headquartered in Argentina.
Is El Esteco still owned by Grupo Peñaflor?
Yes. As of 24 September 2026, El Esteco is still owned by Grupo Peñaflor. 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] Grupo Peñaflor — Our Wineries — Grupo Peñaflor S.A., Official document; retrieved 24 September 2026.
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