Angove Family Winemakers
McLaren Vale , South Australia
Brands
Angove Organic, Angove McLaren Vale, Naturalis, Lost Farm
Winery Overview
Founded in 1886 Angove Family Winemakers is one of Australia’s most successful wineries – a fifth generation family company with a tradition of excellence and an eye for the future.
The Angove family craft a wide range of premium wines from vineyards across South Australia with a focus on McLaren Vale and organic winemaking. Their beautiful cellar door is nestled in their certified organic and biodynamic Warboys Vineyard in the heart of McLaren Vale. The family are committed to sustainable vineyard management and are one of the most significant organic grape growers and winemakers in Australia.
The range of McLaren Vale wines crafted includes the flagship Medhyk Old Vine Shiraz, Warboys Single Vineyard wines, Family Crest and the Wild Olive range that lead you on a discovery the delights of organic grape growing and winemaking styles and varieties.
As Australia’s leading organic winemaker the entire company is dedicated to sustainability at all levels. The Angove Organic, Naturalis, Warboys and Wild Olive ranges are all certified by Australian Certified Organic to Australian, USDA, Canadian, EU/UK and Chinese standards.
The company is committed to remaining privately owned and operated, with the 5th generation of the business driving the business forward and building on over 135 years of winemaking excellence.
Available in
Canada, China, Fiji, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, USA, Vietnam
Seeking Distribution in
Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, Seychelles, Switzerland, Turkey, UAE
Winemaker Bio
Tony Ingle was born in England in 1963 and initially pursued a career in finance, studying Economics at London University. A career in Japanese and American merchant banks ensued, mostly dealing with Latin American debt.
In 1990, he travelled to California and Australia and discovered a passion for wine. He first found a job in the London wine trade and then came his first vintage stint at Chapel Down Winery in East Sussex. This was followed by Domaines Virginie in France’s Languedoc, where he worked with Australian winemaker John Weeks. Vintages in Australia followed by France every 6 months meant experience in Victoria at Tahbilk, The Loire, Bordeaux, and Languedoc as well as Padthaway and McLaren Vale with the famous Tintara cellars. In 1998 the Ingle family moved to Renmark, working at the Renmano winery whilst studying oenology at Adelaide University. In late 2002 Tony moved to Angove’s in time for his 15th vintage – a long way from his banking career in 1990.
Living and working in South Australia did not mean forgetting the old winemaking traditions of Europe and during one visit to Priorat in 2005 standing on Alvaro Palacios’ Finca Dofi a curiosity about organic and biodynamic winemaking coalesced.
John Angove’s vision to move to organic grape production and premium McLaren Vale winemaking allowed Tony to further his interest in natural grape growing and small batch winemaking of exceptional parcels of Mclaren Vale Shiraz and Grenache.
Visits to The Rhone and Rioja further influenced Tony’s desire to produce exceptional table wines, influenced by Marc Chapoutier in Hermitage, La Nerthe in Chateauneuf, and smaller organic producers, the Alarys at Domaine de L’Oratoire and the Aremenier sisters at Domaine Marcou in the southern Rhone and Stephane Ogier in Cote Rotie have inspired Tony to push the wines his team are crafting in McLaren Vale.
Since the first vintage of the Flagship Medhyk Shiraz in 2008 the Angove family have increased their presence in McLaren Vale, becoming one of the regions most important grape growers and buyers of fruit, the organic grape growing philosophy has lead to them being an Australian leader of organic wine production.