2020 Heartwood Chardonnay is here!
16.JUL.21 / ANTONY BISH
2020 Heartwood Hawke's Bay Chardonnay now available.
Watch Cam Douglas Master Sommelier's interview with Tony Bish
22.JUN.21 / ANTONY BISH
I joined Cam over Zoom to chat about my journey in wine and all things Chardonnay, including Cam's favourite – Skeetfield!
Skeetfield Chardonnay 2019 Awarded 20/20 – Raymond Chan Wine Reviews
09.APR.21 / ANTONY BISH
Candice Chow from Raymond Chan Wine Reviews awarded her first 20/20 wine to Skeetfield Chardonnay 2019!
The Urban Winery wins ‘Essence of Hawkes Bay’ Award at Hawke’s Tourism Awards
07.SEP.19 / ANTONY BISH
At last nights ceremony, The Urban Winery was a finalist in 3 of the 7 categories, and took out the award for ‘Essence of Hawke’s Bay’.
NZ Chardonnay storm on the horizon
07.AUG.19 / ANTONY BISH
‘A wonderful storm of great Chardonnays is about to hit the shelves, because we’ve worked out how we can do this well’. So said Rudi Bauer, winemaker at Quartz Reef and Central Otago legend, towards the end of a 10-day tour across New Zealand’s wine regions by a group...
Autumn 2019 Update
14.MAY.19 / ANTONY BISH
Harvest 2019 has blessed us with amazing fruit, and our little Urban Winery is full to the brim with amazing wines now. For all of March and April, we enjoyed settled warm dry weather conditions which brought the fruit on beautifully. The vineyards could not have looked better, so there...
New Releases!
18.MAY.17 / CAT HASLAM
It’s been a busy time at the winery, bringing the 2017 vintage into our new Urban Winery, and releasing last year’s stellar 2016 Chardonnays. 2016 Golden Egg Chardonnay First up was the Easter release of the 2016 Golden Egg. The 2015 was a sell-out success, so there...
