We are delighted to have received a
fair number of excellent reviews of our wines and we appreciate
the thoughtful articles that have been written about us. Below
you'll find a listing of all the articles we have uncovered;
pleasant reading for us, helpful information for you.
Sometimes we miss seeing an article. If you find an article
or review that we haven't listed on our web site, we would be
very grateful if you would bring it to our attention. Please
send an e-mail to info@twopaddocks.com with
enough information so we can track down the article. Thanks.
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28 March 2008, Australian Financial Review
OTAGO PINOT CENTRAL
Story by Philip Rich
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13 October 2007, The Australian
FOLLOW YOUR NOSE
What are the top 10 food destinations? Elizabeth Meryment travels the world and makes some surprising discoveries.
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20 March 2008, LA Times Blogs
SAM NEILL'S NEW ZEALAND VINEYARD
Corie Brown blogs about Two Paddocks for her Los Angeles audience. |
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April/May 2007, The Wine Report
HOW SAM NEILL BECAME A DIED-IN-THE-WOOL ENOPHILE...
Steve Stevens explores life outside of movie and making wine in New Zealand with Sam Neill. |
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20 January, 2007, ABC Radio Australia
THE WEEKENDER WITH SAM NEILL
Warren Brown talks to Sam Neill on this ABC Radio interview. |
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30 March 2007, The Press
LOCHORE, NEILL CAN'T FATHOM WHY THEY'VE BEEN HONOURED |
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March 2007, TDC
TDC INTERVIEW
Martin Even-Jones, Editor of Reseach, TDC, Interviews Sam Neill |
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1 February 2007, South China Morning Post
I AM SAM, WINEMAKER
Susan Jung interviews Sam Neill |
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8 March 2007, USA Today
NEW ZEALAND TURNS 'SIDEWAYS' TO PINOT NOIR
Debra Shriver writes about New Zealand Pinot Noir |
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February/March 2007, New Zealand Wine Grower
TOP NZ HONOUR FOR ACTOR TURNED PINOT ACTIVIST
by Alan Brady |
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March 3, 2007, The Daily Telegraph (LONDON)
MY WEEK Sam Neill Actor
Interview by Alastair Sooke |
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January 20, 2006, Radio New Zealand
RAINY DAY AT THE BACH
Todd Niall talks to Sam Neill about wine, movies and music. (Audio) |
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October 31, 2005, Wine Spectator Online
WINE TALK: SAM NEILL
Eric Arnold finds that Sam sticks to his New Zealand roots to make Central Otago Pinot Noir |
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October 12, 2005, New Zealand Herald
NEWS CARTOON
Rod Emmerson has some fun with our Jurassic Bolshevik thespian proprietor and Dr. Brash |
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Winter 2005, New Zealand Life & Leisure
OUT OF CHARACTER
Lyn Barnes interviews Sam about life and wine |
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Wednesday, May 25, 2005, The Southland Times
NAME WAS MAYOR INSPIRATION
Rowan Quinn reports Warren Cooper and Sam Neill have become comrades over a nice drop of vino. |
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Wednesday, May 25, 2005, Otago Daily Times
CASE FOR RECONCILIATION GRAPE IDEA
Sophie Hazelhurst |
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January - February 2005, Swirl Wine News
MY MIXED CASE -- SAM NEILL
Carole Dixon asks Sam which 12 bottles of wine he would take to a
desert island.
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Spring 2004, Gourmet Traveller WINE
A TALE OF TWO PADDOCKS
Bob Campbell, MW talks to Sam about making wine under his own label, back home in New Zealand. |
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February 2004, Australian Good Taste
CELLAR CHAT
Sarah Neil discusses winemaking and wine drinking with Sam Neill. |
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10 September 2003, JancisRobinson.com
TWO PADDOCKS PINOT NOIR CENTRAL OTAGO
Preeminent wine critic Jancis Robinson professes to be thrilled by the number of exciting Pinots that are emerging from Central Otago. She reviews our 2001 Pinot. |
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7 September
2003, The Guardian
PAIN
AND PLEASURE
Pinot Noir is an awkward grape. No wonder it appeals to masochists,
says Tim Atkin |
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6 August
2003, The Guardian
BOTTOMS UP
Victoria Moore examines celebrity winemakers and their wines. |
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12 July 2003,
The Listener
SEX IN A GLASS
Keith Stewart answer's the question, "What is it that makes
wine sexy?" And he reviews Two Paddocks 2001 Neill Pinot Noir |
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15 December
2002, American Airline's American Way
STAR
POWER
Anthony Dias Blue reviews wines from famous names who are breaking
out of their professions and into the business of winemaking. |
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June 2003, The Independent
CENTRAL
OTAGO GETS TOP MARKS FOR CONSISTENCY
Bob Campbell is impressed by Central Otago's 2002 vintage, and
gives high marks to Two Paddocks' The Last Chance and First Paddock. |
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21 June 2003,
The Dominion Post
THE
CRITIC AND THE ACTOR
Paul White is won over by Two Paddocks; good wine from a bloody
good
dirt farmer. |
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Wine Atlas of New Zealand, 2002
TWO PADDOCKS
By Michael Cooper |
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January 2002,
Esquire
HOLLYWOOD
AND VINE
Excerpt of an article by Andrea Immer |
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1 June 2002,
The Southland Times
MIXING FINE
WINE AND CELEBRITY
Stephane Fabre reviews Two Paddocks' 1999 vintage. |
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April 2002, The Observer Food Monthly
LE VINS
DE SAM
Patrick Barkham tours Two Paddocks' vineyards, tastes the Pinot and interviews Sam Neill.
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March 2002, The Dominion, Wellington
WISH
UPON A STAR
Paul White examines wine produced by actor and dirt farmer, Sam Neill. |
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1 June 2001, Decanter
BIN END
Richard Neil interviews Sam Neill over lunch in Clyde. |
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March 2001, The Daily Telegraph (London)
MY
BRILLIANT NEW CAREER
Sam Neill's New Zealand vineyard is no mere film star's whim. It
is the expression of his love for his home, his land and the pinot
noir. Richard Neill meets him. |
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March 2001, Wine X Magazine, Australia/New Zealand
SUM OF SAM
Ben Calvert chats with Sam Neill |
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Spring
2001, The Quarterly Review of Wines
SAM NEILL'S NEW ROLE
The noted film actor also produces fine Pinot in his native New Zealand. |
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April 2000, The Dominion, Wellington
PERFECT ONE DAY, LOVELY THE NEXT
Warren Barton reviews the results of the Red Hill Cool Climate Wine
Show in Australia. |
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January 2000, The Southland Times, New Zealand
UNIQUE AUCTION SHOWCASES BEST OF CENTRAL'S PINOT NOIR
Sue Fea describes the action at this record-breaking wine auction. |
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November 1998, Wine Spectator
THE
HUNT FOR PINOT NOIR
Actor Sam Neill makes a New Zealand wine. |
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September
1998, Cuisine
ONE STAR
MAKES FOUR STARS
Vic Williams talks to actor, Sam Neill, about his first vintage. |
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1998,
Liquor Link
A VINTAGE
PERFORMANCE FROM SAM NEILL
Michael Cooper writes about Two Paddocks 1997 vintage. |
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August 1998, New Zealand Listener
NEILL
APPEAL
Keith Stewart describes the launch of Two Paddocks 1997 vintage and
reviews the wine. |
