Vintage Review and Newsletter July 2024
03.JUL.24 / ANTONY BISH
Tony Bish Wines 2024 Vintage update with breaking news regarding a new wine!
International Chardonnay Day
15.MAY.23 / ANTONY BISH
Celebrate International Chardonnay day with Tony Bish Wines at The Urban Winery!
Europe ~ Blog 2. Hannover
05.DEC.22 / ANTONY BISH
Last night I spent the night at Basil in Hannover being hosted by Stefan.
Europe Blog 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,...
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.
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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...
A Journey of Love, Inspiration and Innovation
16.JUN.22 / ANTONY BISH
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...
