Tom_McDonald_(winemaker)

Tom McDonald (winemaker)

Tom McDonald (winemaker)

New Zealand winemaker

Thomas Bayne McDonald OBE (12 September 1907 – 26 March 1987) was a pioneering New Zealand winemaker. He was born at Greenmeadows, New Zealand, on 12 September 1907.[1] In the 1974 New Year Honours, McDonald was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to winemaking.[2]

McDonald's name lives on through Montana Wines' flagship red wine Tom, and through the McDonald Cellar at the Church Road Winery.

References

  1. [1]
    Cooper, Michael. "McDonald, Thomas Bayne 1907–1987". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  2. [2]
    "No. 46163". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 1 January 1974. p. 36.


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