The list includes wineries, cellars, production companies, trading companies and auction houses. Some companies produce not only alcoholic beverages(wine, beer, spirits) but also non-alcoholic beverages, as well as some completely different products. In terms of sales volume of alcoholic beverages, the English Multi Diageo is in the lead, followed by the French Multi Pernod Ricard in second place and the US Multi Constellation Brands in third place. The two US multinationals Fortune Brands and Gallo, as well as the international group Bacardi-Martini Limited, are competing for fourth place. Measured in terms of the pure wine share, however, the ranking would be quite different, as spirits account for a much larger share of sales volume at most companies. Some companies are intertwined or have a common history. Others were dissolved in the course of mergers or takeovers, but are interesting for historical reasons.
- Accolade Wines - Australia
- Achaia Clauss - Greece
- Allied Domecq - England
- Antique Wine Company - England
- Artemis Domaines (see under François Pinault) - France
- Bacardi-Martini Limited - Puerto Rico/Bahamas/Florida-USA
- Beringer Blass (see under Treasury Wine Estates) - Australia/USA
- Boisset - France
- Borie-Manoux (Castéja) - France
- Bronco Wine Company - California-USA
- Brown Brothers (with All Saints Estate) - Australia
- Campari (Gruppo Campari) - Italy
- Carl Tesdorpf - Germany
- Casella Wines with Yellow Tail - Australia
- Castéja (see under Borie-Manoux) - France
- Castel Frères - France
- Catena Zapata - Argentina
- Château Classic - Le Monde des Grands Bordeaux - France
- Christie's - England
- Constellation Brands (Canandaigua, Centerra Wine Company) - USA
- Cordier (Cordier Mestrezat Grands Crus) - France
- CWD (Champagne and Wine Distribution) - Germany
- Diageo - England
- Dourthe-Kressmann (CVBG Dourthe-Kressmann) - France
- Fladgate Partnership - Portugal
- Fonseca (Fonseca Successores and Fonseca International) - Portugal
- Fortune Brands (Beam Global Spirits & Wine) - USA
- Foster's (see also Treasury Wine Estates) - Australia
- Gallo - California-USA
- GAMIT - the five most successful US wine companies
- Globalwine - Switzerland
- Grands Chais de France (GCF) - France
- Hardy Wine Company (see under Accolade Wines) - Australia
- Harvey's (Harvey's of Bristol) - England
- HAWESKO (CWD, Jacques' Wein-Depot, Carl Tesdorpf, Deutschwein Classics, Globalwine, Vinos, Vogel Vins, Wein & Co, Weinland Ariane Abayan, Wein Wolf, Wir Winzer) - Germany
- Henkell - Germany
- Hess Family Estates - Switzerland
- Hillebrand - Germany
- Jacques' Wine Depot - Germany
- Kavaklidere - Turkey
- Kendall-Jackson - California-USA
- Lenz Moser AG - Austria
- Lindeman's - Australia
- Lurton (family empire) - France
- LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy) - France
- Madeira Wine Company - Portugal
- Martini & Rossi (Bacardi-Martini Limited) - Italy
- McWilliams - Australia
- Merlaut - France
- Mey Içki Sanayi (formerly Tekel) - Turkey
- Mildara Pale - Australia
- Moët et Chandon - France
- Mondavi - California-USA
- Montana - New Zealand
- Morandell (VINORAMA) - Austria
- Moueix - France
- Oetker Group - Germany
- Orlando - Australia
- Osborne - Spain
- Peñaflor - Argentina
- Penfolds - Australia
- Pernod Ricard - France
- Peter Mertes - Germany
- Pieroth - Germany
- Racke - Germany
- Rémy Cointreau (Rémy Martin, Metaxa) - France
- Rothschild (various families or companies) - France
- Rotkäppchen-Mumm - Germany
- Santa Rita - Chile
- Sotheby's - England
- Southcorp - Australia
- Ste Michelle Wine Estates (UST, Altria Group) - Washington-USA
- Suntory - Japan
- Symington - Portugal
- Tekel (now Mey Içki Sanayi, owned by Diageo) - Turkey
- Torres, Torres China, Miguel Torres, Marimar Estate - Spain, China, Chile, California
- Treasury Wine Estates (formerly Beringer Blass W. E., Foster's W. E.) - Australia/USA
- Tsantali - Greece
- Underberg - Germany
- Vicampo - Germany
- VIF The wine trade - Germany
- Vincor International - Canada
- Vinos (wine & vino) - Germany
- VINORAMA (see under Morandell) - Austria
- Vogel Vins - Switzerland
- WEIN & CO - Austria
- Wine country Ariane Abayan - Germany
- Wine Wolf - Austria
- Wine Group (Franzia) - California-USA
- Wine Society (International Exhibition Cooperative Wine Society) - England
- WIV Wein International AG (see under Pieroth) - Germany
- We winemakers - Germany
- Wolf Blass (see also Treasury Wine Estates) - Australia
- Yantai Changyu Pioneer Wine Company - China
- Zachys - USA
Regarding the quantities of wine produced annually and the areas under vines in the wine-growing countries, see under Wine production quantities. See also under Globalization, Viticulture Institutions and Wine Trade.