Who owns Mistral?
Mistral is owned by CCU (Chile, NYSE: CCU), which has owned the brand since 1 March 2005.[1]
CCU owns 80% of Mistral rather than all of it.
Evidence: Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-29, SEC EDGAR, 29 April 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. (80% stake) verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇱 Chile, Santiago
- Origin
- 🇨🇱 Chile
- Category
- Beverages › Spirits › Brandy & cognac
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: CCU
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Mistral
Mistral is a pisco, the grape spirit distilled in the northern valleys of Chile, and the leading brand of Compañía Pisquera de Chile, the venture CCU formed in March 2005 with the pisco growers' co-operative Control. CCU owns 80% of that company and Control the remaining 20%. The name also carries extensions including Mistral Ice.
What CCU's annual report says about Mistral
Sentences about Mistral from CCU's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Furthermore, from time to time we introduce new brands of piscos and cocktails extensions and flavors and we also expanded our portfolio with low Alcohol-By-Volume (ABV) brands such as Mistral Ice and Gin Kantal.
In the wine category, it distributes the Misiones de Rengo and La Celia brands and in the category of piscos, distributes the Mistral brand.
How often CCU names Mistral 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 more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Mistral
Where Mistral sits in CCU
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- Austral (50%)
- Bilz y Pap
- Cachantún (50.1%)
- Cristal
- Escudo
- Gato Negro (85.15%)
- Graffigna (85.15%)
- Isenbeck
- Kunstmann
- Levité (50.1%)
- Manantial
- Mistral (80%)
- Palermo
- Royal Guard
- Schneider
- Sidra Real
- Villavicencio (50.1%)
- Viña Tarapacá (85.15%)
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Other brands owned by CCU
CCU controls 18 brands on Brandtree, 18 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Austral
- Bilz y Pap (1905)
- Cachantún (1920)
- Cristal (1978)
- Escudo (1942)
- Gato Negro
- Graffigna (1870)
- Isenbeck
- Kunstmann (1989)
- Levité
- Manantial
- Palermo (1897)
- Royal Guard (1974)
- Schneider
- Sidra Real
- Villavicencio (1904)
- Viña Tarapacá (1874)
Other brands in brandy & cognac, and who owns them
The 30 brands in brandy & cognac on Brandtree belong to 19 owners. The largest is Emperador, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Emperador Brandy | Emperador | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
| Divin Ambasador | Aroma | 🇲🇩 Moldova |
| Courrier Napoleon | Tilaknagar Industries | 🇮🇳 India |
| Alexandrion | Alexandrion Group | 🇷🇴 Romania |
| E&J Brandy | Gallo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Five Kings | KEO | 🇨🇾 Cyprus |
| Morpheus | Radico Khaitan | 🇮🇳 India |
| Koya | Changyu | 🇨🇳 China |
About the owner: CCU
CCU is a publicly listed company headquartered in Santiago, Chile, founded in 1902. Brandtree records 18 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: CCU.
Compañía Cervecerías Unidas is a Chilean multi-category beverage company whose oldest predecessor was the brewery Joaquín Plagemann opened in Valparaíso in 1850; the present company was organised by public deed in January 1902 out of a merger of two breweries. It sells beer, soft drinks, bottled water, wine, pisco, rum and cider in Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay, and reported more than 180 brands when it marked its 175th anniversary in 2025. Chile produces roughly two-thirds of its sales. Its controlling shareholder, IRSA, holds 65.87% of the company and is itself split evenly between Quiñenco and Heineken.
🇨🇱 Mistral and other Chilean brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 69 brands that began in Chile. 8 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Mistral is not one of them.
- Almaviva — Concha y Toro 🇨🇱
- Carmen — Viña Santa Rita 🇨🇱
- Chateau Los Boldos — Sogrape 🇵🇹
- Guallarauco — Coca-Cola Andina 🇨🇱
- Indomita — Changyu 🇨🇳
- Santa Carolina — Watt's 🇨🇱
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Mistral?
The parent company of Mistral is CCU, a publicly listed company headquartered in Chile.
Is Mistral Chilean?
Yes. Mistral originated in Chile and its owner, CCU, is also headquartered in Chile.
Since when has CCU owned Mistral?
CCU has owned Mistral since 1 March 2005.
Is Mistral still owned by CCU?
Yes. As of 29 October 2026, Mistral is still owned by CCU (80% stake). 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] Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-29 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 29 April 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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