Who owns Vasco?
Vasco, a drinks brand, is owned by Demerara Distillers (Guyana, GASCI: DDL).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Demerara Distillers Limited Annual Report 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Demerara Distillers Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇾 Guyana, Georgetown
- Origin
- 🇬🇾 Guyana
- Category
- Beverages › Wine & champagne › Still wine
- Parent ticker
- GASCI: DDL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Vasco
Vasco is a Guyanese sweet fermented wine made by Demerara Distillers from fresh local fruits rather than from grapes, which makes it a country wine in the Caribbean tradition rather than a table wine. It is one of the two domestic wine and spirit lines, with Lord Roberts gin, that sit outside the company's rum and vodka business.
Ownership timeline of Vasco
- Current owner Demerara Distillers [1] reported
Where Vasco sits in Demerara Distillers
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Demerara Distillers
Demerara Distillers controls 13 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Diamond (1991)
- Diamond Reserve
- El Dorado (1992)
- Ivanoff
- Lord Roberts
- Quenchers
- SOCA (1991)
- TOPCO
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: Demerara Distillers
Demerara Distillers is a publicly listed company headquartered in Georgetown, Guyana, founded in 1952. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as GASCI: DDL.
Demerara Distillers owns and operates the Diamond Distillery at Plantation Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara, the last distillery left in Guyana, and with it the wooden and metal stills carried over from estates that closed decades ago. It was incorporated on 17 November 1952 as Guyana Distilleries Limited and took its present name in 1983 on merging with Diamond Liquors Limited. It is the largest supplier of bulk rum and alcohol from the Caribbean to brand owners in Europe and North America, and from 1991 onwards deliberately turned itself from a commodity business into a branded one — first by using the carbon dioxide from distillation to enter soft drinks, then by launching El Dorado in 1992. It also runs distribution, shipping and technical services subsidiaries in Guyana and distribution companies in St Kitts, the United States and the Netherlands.
Demerara Distillers: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇬🇾 Vasco and other Guyanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 13 brands that began in Guyana. All of them are controlled from Guyana.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Vasco?
The parent company of Vasco is Demerara Distillers, a publicly listed company headquartered in Guyana.
Is Vasco Guyanese?
Yes. Vasco originated in Guyana and its owner, Demerara Distillers, is also headquartered in Guyana.
Is Vasco still owned by Demerara Distillers?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, Vasco is still owned by Demerara Distillers. 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] Demerara Distillers Limited Annual Report 2025 — Demerara Distillers Limited, Annual report; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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