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International Chardonnay Day

15.MAY.23 / ANTONY BISH

Europe ~ Blog 2. Hannover

05.DEC.22 / ANTONY BISH

Last night I spent the night at Basil in Hannover being hosted by Stefan who was the perfect host due to his very astute palate & a beautiful wine library of circa 6000 bottles

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Europe ~ Day One. Germany.

20.NOV.22 / ANTONY BISH

I am spending the next month travelling around Europe and wanted to share my experience with you all.I hosted a winemakers dinner last night in Germany at Christian & Friends Taste Kitchen in Fulder. This is a very beautiful & very old town, spared from the ravages of war,...

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The winemaker's clone

30.SEP.22 / ANTONY BISH

I've been a Chardonnista all my life. This wonderful grape caught my attention during my winemaking days at Sacred Hill, where I developed the famous Rifleman's Chardonnay, made 100% from Mendoza clone. We use the Mendoza Chardonnay clone at Tony Bish for all our handpicked wines.  Read on

What the Egg?

11.JUL.22 / ANTONY BISH

I got a few funny looks when I first introduced the first Golden Egg into the New Zealand winemaking scene, but overseas, innovative winemakers have been doing it for yolks, I mean yonks!  Concrete Eggs were first conceived in 2001 by Michel Chapoutier...

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I first fell in love with Chardonnay in the early 1990s, making wine from the Rifleman's Vineyard here in Hawke's Bay. At that time, most NZ Chardonnays were over-blown and short-lived. We innovated with cool barrel ferment techniques and whole bunch pressing and created wines that were tight and...

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New Zealand also showed it is a serious Chardonnay producer, with gold medals for Hawke’s Bay producers Tony Bish and Trinity Hill Wines, Central Otago’s Te Kano, Marlborough’s Stoneleigh, and Nelson’s Kono NZ. Trinity Hill Wines’ Gimblett Gravels Chardonnay 2020 also scooped the International Chardonnay Trophy – the first time...

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