Living Proof podcast: St Agnes Distillery ramps up brandy production

St Agnes’s Managing Director Richard Angove is on the Living Proof podcast to chat about the recent rise in demand for their iconic SA brandy.

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Oct 21, 2020, updated May 15, 2025

Dr William Thomas Angove began distilling in South Australia in 1886 – well over a century before the cocktail and spirits boom we’re experiencing today.

Five generations later, Richard Angove is running the St Agnes distillery alongside his sister Victoria.

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Richard sat down with Nicole Haack and Marcus Motteram in the Solstice Podcasting studio to discuss how their brandies are stacking up against the world’s best Cognacs, and why they have decided to increase production by around 20 per cent.

You can find Living Proof on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify.

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