Who owns Manns Wine?
Manns Wine is owned by Kikkoman (Japan, TSE: 2801).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Kikkoman Group Corporate Report 2025, Kikkoman Corporation. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Kikkoman Corporation reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Noda
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1962
- Category
- Beverages › Wine & champagne › Still wine
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 2801
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Manns Wine
Manns Wine is the Japanese wine business Kikkoman founded in 1962 as Katsunuma Yoshu Company Limited, part of a move into Western liquor that diversified the group beyond soy sauce. Now Manns Wine Co., Ltd., it sits in Kikkoman's Liquor and Wine Division alongside authentic mirin, where the company reported that wine sales fell in its most recent fiscal year.
Ownership timeline of Manns Wine
Where Manns Wine sits in Kikkoman
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Kikkoman
Kikkoman controls 5 brands on Brandtree.
- Hon Tsuyu (1995)
- Kikkoman Soy Sauce (1917)
- Kikkoman Soymilk
- Uchino Gohan
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.
| 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: Kikkoman
Kikkoman is a publicly listed company headquartered in Noda, Japan, founded in 1917. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 2801.
Kikkoman is a Japanese soy sauce maker formed in 1917, when eight brewing families in Noda and Nagareyama merged to create Noda Shoyu Co., the predecessor of today's company. It began marketing in the United States through a San Francisco sales company in 1957 and shipped its first American-made soy sauce from Walworth, Wisconsin in 1973. Its soy sauce is now used in more than 100 countries, and it says North American sales far exceed those in Japan. The group also holds the Del Monte processed food rights for much of Asia, the JFC Asian food wholesale business, soymilk and Manns Wine.
🇯🇵 Manns Wine and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 456 brands that began in Japan. 23 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Manns Wine is not one of them.
- Aquarius — Coca-Cola 🇺🇸
- Asahi Super Dry — Asahi Group 🇯🇵
- Blendy — Ajinomoto 🇯🇵
- Café au Lait — Glico 🇯🇵
- Gogo no Kocha — Kirin 🇯🇵
- Hibiki — Suntory 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Manns Wine?
The parent company of Manns Wine is Kikkoman, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Manns Wine Japanese?
Yes. Manns Wine originated in Japan in 1962 and its owner, Kikkoman, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Manns Wine still owned by Kikkoman?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Manns Wine is still owned by Kikkoman. 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] Kikkoman Group Corporate Report 2025 — Kikkoman Corporation, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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