Who owns Oyster Bay?
Oyster Bay is owned by Delegat (New Zealand, NZX: DGL).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Delegat Group Limited Annual Report 2025 (year ended 30 June 2025). Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Delegat Group Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand, Auckland
- Origin
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- Founded
- 1990
- Category
- Beverages › Wine & champagne › Still wine
- Parent ticker
- NZX: DGL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay is Delegat's principal wine brand, made from Marlborough and Hawke's Bay grapes, and the company says its first vintage, in 1990, won a gold medal and the Marquis de Goulaine Trophy for best Sauvignon Blanc at the London International Wine and Spirit Competition. Delegat's 2025 report ranks its Sauvignon Blanc among the top five white wines by value in the United States and as the top-selling wine by value in Australia, and names Oyster Bay the top-selling New Zealand wine brand by volume in China.
Ownership timeline of Oyster Bay
Where Oyster Bay sits in Delegat
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Delegat
Delegat controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Barossa Valley Estate
- Delegat (1947)
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; Delegat has 3.
| 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: Delegat
Delegat is a publicly listed company headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, founded in 1947. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control, and it is listed as NZX: DGL.
Delegat Group is an Auckland wine company whose Delegat winemaking business was established in 1947 and which listed on the New Zealand stock exchange in April 2006. It owns all of its subsidiaries outright, among them Delegat Limited, which makes wine in Marlborough and Hawke's Bay, Barossa Valley Estate Pty Limited in South Australia, and sales and distribution companies in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. In the year to 30 June 2025 it sold 3,188,000 cases for operating revenue of NZ$349.6 million, with North America its largest market. Jakov Nikola Delegat, Rosamari Suzan Delegat and BPM Trustees (DSPT) Limited held a relevant interest in 66.11 per cent of the shares.
🇳🇿 Oyster Bay and other New Zealand brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 76 brands that began in New Zealand. 20 of them (26%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Oyster Bay is not one of them.
- Framingham — Sogrape 🇵🇹
- Kim Crawford — Constellation Brands 🇺🇸
- Matua — Treasury Wine Estates 🇦🇺
- The Cardrona — ThaiBev 🇹🇭
- AA Insurance — Suncorp Group 🇦🇺
- Air Chathams — Air Chathams 🇳🇿
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Oyster Bay?
The parent company of Oyster Bay is Delegat, a publicly listed company headquartered in New Zealand.
Is Oyster Bay New Zealand?
Yes. Oyster Bay originated in New Zealand in 1990 and its owner, Delegat, is also headquartered in New Zealand.
Is Oyster Bay still owned by Delegat?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Oyster Bay is still owned by Delegat. 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] Delegat Group Limited Annual Report 2025 (year ended 30 June 2025) — Delegat Group Limited, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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