Who owns Elton?
Elton is owned by Willamette Valley Vineyards (the United States, NASDAQ: WVVI).[1]
Evidence: Willamette Valley Vineyards, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-24, SEC EDGAR, 24 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Willamette Valley Vineyards, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Turner
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Beverages › Wine & champagne › Still wine
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: WVVI
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Elton
Elton is an ultra-premium Pinot Noir and Chardonnay label of Willamette Valley Vineyards. The company's 10-K says it has released wines under the Elton label beginning with the 2015 vintage year, making it one of the newer labels in a range led by the flagship Willamette Valley Vineyards brand.
What Willamette Valley Vineyards's annual report says about Elton
Sentences about Elton from Willamette Valley Vineyards's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Under its Elton label, the Company produces and sells the following types of wine in 750 ml bottles: Pinot Noir, $80 per bottle; and Chardonnay, $80 per bottle.
Additionally, the Company has developed a single vineyard brand near Hopewell, Oregon adjacent to the current site of Elton Vineyards to produce wine under the Elton label.
The Company has released wines under the Elton label beginning with the 2015 vintage year.
How often Willamette Valley Vineyards names Elton in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Elton
- Current owner Willamette Valley Vineyards [1] verified
Where Elton sits in Willamette Valley Vineyards
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Willamette Valley Vineyards
Willamette Valley Vineyards controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Griffin Creek
- Maison Bleue (2016)
- Pambrun (2015)
- Tualatin Estate Vineyards (1973)
- Willamette Valley Vineyards (1983)
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; Willamette Valley Vineyards has 6.
| 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: Willamette Valley Vineyards
Willamette Valley Vineyards is a publicly listed company headquartered in Turner, United States, founded in 1983. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: WVVI.
Willamette Valley Vineyards is an Oregon winery company headquartered in Turner, just south of Salem. Its 10-K says it was established in 1983 as a sole proprietorship by Oregon winegrower Jim Bernau and incorporated in May 1988. Pinot Noir is the flagship varietal. It sells wines under its own name and under secondary labels, among them Tualatin Estate, Griffin Creek, Elton, Pambrun and Maison Bleue.
Willamette Valley Vineyards: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Elton and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Elton is not one of them.
- 7UP — PepsiCo 🇺🇸
- 7UP (United States) — Keurig Dr Pepper 🇺🇸
- Alani Nu — Celsius Holdings 🇺🇸
- André — Gallo 🇺🇸
- Angry Orchard — Boston Beer 🇺🇸
- Apple & Eve — Lassonde 🇨🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Elton?
The parent company of Elton is Willamette Valley Vineyards, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Elton American?
Yes. Elton originated in the United States and its owner, Willamette Valley Vineyards, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Elton still owned by Willamette Valley Vineyards?
Yes. As of 10 October 2026, Elton is still owned by Willamette Valley Vineyards. 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] Willamette Valley Vineyards, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-24 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 24 March 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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