Mercian Corporation

Mercian Corporation
Native name
メルシャン株式会社
Company typePublic
Founded1934
Headquarters,
Key people
Kiyoshi Yokoyama (CEO, President)
Number of employees
501 (2014)
ParentKirin Company, Limited
Websitewww.mercian.co.jp

Mercian Corporation (メルシャン株式会社, Merushan kabushiki gaisha) is a Tokyo-based operating unit of Kirin, primarily engaged in the production and retail of wine and other alcoholic beverages.[1]

Chateau Mercian, produced and sold in Japan, is one of the most widely available brands of Japanese wine. Mercian Corporation also markets imported wine such as the Casillero del Diablo, Frontera, and Sunrise brands in partnership with Concha y Toro, a leading Chilean wine producer.[2]

Mercian has domestic wine production facilities in Kanagawa, Yamanashi and Kumamoto prefectures.

  1. ^ Google Finance
  2. ^ "Kirin Corporate Profile". Products and Services. Kirin Company, Limited. Retrieved 12 July 2014.