Comments on: Inventor of box wine, wineonomics, “sham” — sipped and spit

By: winebroad

winebroad — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:29:29 +0000

Angove truly was a visionary: For the last five years, the premium boxed wine category has been the nation’s fastest-growing wine segment. And it’s not just because the economy sucks (some say the wines are selling *despite* the crappy economy).

By: Daniel Posner

Daniel Posner — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 02:24:04 +0000

Wine Chick,

That is the $64000 question that you will have to ask the man with the million dollar nose.

By: Wine chick

Wine chick — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:47:47 +0000

That last one doesn’t seem to make sense. Not only is acidification illegal in Burgundy, but how can something be acidified AND underripe? The idea that Burgundy is a minefield is such a tired cliche.

By: Cybercellar

Cybercellar — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:40:57 +0000

Well wouldn’t you know… in South Africa Box wine is hugely popular! Maybe not to SA’s wine guru’s but certainly to the general public! Salute Angove

Hope you do a feature on South African wine one of these days

Regards
Jenny
http://www.cybercellar.com

By: Here’s to Wine In a Box « The Winedown

Here’s to Wine In a Box « The Winedown — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:58:03 +0000

[...] 7, 2010 As reported by Dr. Vino (http://www.drvino.com/2010/04/06/box-wine-inventor-clos-tart/), we need to say goodbye to an innovator in the wine industry. Tom Angove, 92, passed away last [...]