http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml Sign up for the latest news and amusing anecdotes from Sam Neill, Two Paddocks' infamous Propietor. en-us Uncategorized Wed, 16 May 2012 07:31:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog160512 [16 May 2012] This might look like some prosaic piece of farm gear to you, but... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog160512 Wed, 16 May 2012 07:31:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog140512 [14 May 2012] In fact we were beginning to wonder... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog140512 Mon, 14 May 2012 08:34:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog120512 [12 May 2012] Ladies and Gentlemen! I give you fair warning, the next idiot who wolf whistles is out on his ear... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog120512 Sat, 12 May 2012 09:14:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog090512 [9 May 2012] A couple of months ago we quietly released our very first Two Paddocks Riesling... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog090512 Wed, 09 May 2012 08:37:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog070512 [7 May 2012] Welcome back to the Dayglo Disco, ravers! Sorry we’ve been closed for a couple of weeks... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog070512 Mon, 07 May 2012 21:23:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog010512 [1 May 2012] Well, some of us do, as it happens... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog010512 Tue, 01 May 2012 08:10:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog290412 [29 April 2012] Our new South Suffolk ram arrived this week, seemingly a glad sight for our girls, who haven’t had a boyfriend for ... oh, exactly a year... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog290412 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:27:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog270412 [27 April 2012] It is with deep regret we announce the retirement of Bob... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog270412 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:24:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog240412 [24 April 2012] As of Friday, all our grapes are picked, and are now under the tender ministrations of Dean Shaw and his team... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog240412 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:34:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog170412 [17 April 2012] What do a man and his pig have in common... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog170412 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:12:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog040412 [24 April 2012] ...if you want to get an early education in, and appreciation of, good cool music, get an Older Brother... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog040412 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:49:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog0420412 [2 April 2012] Mike Wing keeps a close eye on the Hill Block Pinot... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog020412 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:49:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog280312 [28 March 2012] So now it's time for the rare glimpse of culture we occasionally afford you here in the Dayglo -- culcher to you Rossco -- tonight, all the way from Takapuna, New Zealand’s most successful playwright... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog280312 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:16:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog270312 [27 March 2012] The excellent John Clarke, of the Parish of Melbourne, puts you to the test... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog270312 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:29:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog230312 [23 March 2012] Yes, the Prop is back in res after a daring escape from Alcatraz; an epic swim, swatting off sharks like an Aussie bats away flies... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog230312 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:49:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog220312 [22 March 2012] Yes, the Prop is back in res after a daring escape from Alcatraz; an epic swim, swatting off sharks like an Aussie bats away flies... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog220312 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog130312 [13 March 2012] Today, not just one of the world’s finest actors, but hands down the actor with not only the most difficult name, but simultaneously the most distinguished name ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog130312 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:30:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog120312 [12 March 2012] We don’t normally post articles here on the blog but we make an exception here, because it made the Webmaster chuckle, which is notoriously difficult ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog120312 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:07:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog100312 [10 March 2012] Well, it’s goodbye to Alcatraz, goodbye to Hauser ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog100312 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 09:43:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog090312 [9 March 2012] Today, on the decks, please welcome a most distinguished man of letters and booze, a man who has done more to put New Zealand Wine ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog090312 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:11:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog080312 [8 March 2012] All cast and crew received a bottle of TP Picnic Pinot, in thanks ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog080312 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 06:52:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog180212 [18 February 2012] Tonight’s special guest DJ knows more about rock, and pop, than pretty much anyone else alive. So much so he won "Rock Brain of the Universe" no less than three times on the BBC... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog180212 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:04:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog160212 [16 February 2012] At this time of the year, our orchards overflow with abundance. And our pigs make ... well ... pigs of themselves... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog160212 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:47:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog110212 [11 February 2012] A formidably distinguished Lion of the Cinema, and a Great Australian, and not least an old Two Paddocks friend... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog110212 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:24:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog100212 [10 February 2012] Our chickens, indeed all our fowl, are never caged... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog100212 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:12:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog040212 [4 February 2012] Tonight, the house is rockin’ larger than life and considerably more dangerous, a Great Australian, the veritable embodiment of all things rock n’ roll... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog040212 Sat, 4 Feb 2012 09:21:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog030212 [3 February 2012] We are firm believers here at Two Paddocks in organics and biodynamics. So our cattle, our two miniature Belted Galloways for instance, are not only decorative... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog030212 Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog010212 [1 February 2012] The Prop almost faints at the very idea -- an actual, real life Beach Boy... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog010212 Wed, 1 Feb 2012 07:45:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog310112 [31 January 2012] Mike carefully decants Two Paddocks Lavender Oil.... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog310112 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog300112 [30 January 2012] One of the more pleasurable jobs at this time of the year is the harvesting of our lavender. Try to imagine the giddy almost overpowering aromas that the boys are with all that long summer’s day... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog300112 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:24:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog250112 [25 January 2012] Tonight in the Dayglo Disco one of New Zealand’s (and indeed the World's) finest and most accomplished musicians and singers, a very old chum of The Prop's, and a very fine fellow indeed... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog250112 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:53:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog240112 [24 January 2012] Two important milestones last week... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog240112 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:32:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog210112 [21 January 2012] Ladies and Gentlemen! Pray silence in the Dayglo! Be upstanding, if you will, for a Knight of the Realm! Have we ever been grander... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog210112 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:51:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog180112 [18 January 2012] We welcome the fourth actor from Ireland to grace our decks – count them, and award yourselves ten free points if you’ve got them all... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog180112 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:27:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog170112 [17 January 2012] People have been asking us if all is well in the Pig Department, and we are happy to report that all is cordial in the honeymoon paddock... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog170112 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:40:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog140112 [14 January 2012] The great Neil Finn, a man who has transcended the unfortunate misspelling of his first name, and risen from the shibeens of Te Awamutu to grace the stages of the world’s biggest stadiums... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog140112 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:24:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog130112 [13 January 2012] Yes, the 'Man of Few Words' (mainly because he is unable to think of any more), speaks out about no less than this very site that you are perusing right now... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog130112 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:51:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog110112 [11 January 2012] Our first guest DJ who actually looks at home in this pleasingly garish environment... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog110112 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:39:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog100112 [10 January 2012] At Redbank we have about 20 acres of cherries, and they are close to picking right now... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog100112 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:12:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog070112 [7 January 2012] Without a doubt one of the very best actors of his generation, and a very amusing interesting bloke... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog070112 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 08:31:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog060112 [6 January 2012] We are open at TPHQ, January 4th – March 4th... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog060112 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:33:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog040112 [4 January 2012] A man who has made a most distinguished career painting a once little known corner of New Zealand, and made it famous as a result... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2012.shtml#tpblog040112 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:51:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog291211 [29 December 2011] One of the enduring legacies at our main vineyard, Redbank, from the days when it was a government research farm for horticulture, are several astounding rows of roses... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog291211 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:24:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog281211 [28 December 2011] Here are two people we love and admire here at TPHQ more than we can say ... yes the familiar avuncular presence on my right is of course the one and only Peter Lehmann, widely known as the Baron Of Barossa and to my left... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog281211 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:26:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog231211 [23 December 2011] Here’s a surprise tonight, someone we hardly know really, but we think is terrific, and we suspected would make a top DJ, and by gads we’ve seen his list, and we were right... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog231211 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:58:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog221211 [22 December 2011] So, the results, of our November Moustache growing competition for charity ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog221211 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog211211 [21 December 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! Tonight, in the Dayglo, arguably the world’s most glamorous, and nicest, wine distributor ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog211211 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:14:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog2112112 [21 December 2011] This week our cow has gone down the road ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog2112112 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:14:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog171211 [17 December 2011] All the way from Alcatraz, a surprise and a delight – the lovely and super talented Parminder Nagra... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog171211 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:14:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog161211 [16 December 2011] Our fowl are not only decorative, they lay the most superb eggs... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog161211 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:40:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog141211 [14 December 2011] Yes here she is, one of the great beauties of our age, a completely remarkable artist, the most delightful company imaginable... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog141211 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:42:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog1212112 [12 December 2011] Happy holidays and a great New Year from the team at Two Paddocks Wines! TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog1212112 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:13:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog121211 [12 December 2011] So, the moustache-growing competition has run its course, and at the end of last month, the boys manned up with whatever they could muster... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog121211 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:58:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog101211 [10 December 2011] Our Man at Negociants, Our Man in Australia, Imported Wines National Sales Manager, Tim Evans, a good friend of us here at Two Paddocks... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog101211 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:15:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog081211 [08 December 2011] We like to get the formalities of the holidays done and dusted ahead of the rush at H.Q. ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog081211 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:52:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog071211 [07 December 2011] Laaadies and Gentlemen! Tonight, flown directly from NYC and the set of The Good Wife, a very special Dayglo guest, arguably the Prop's closest friend... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog071211 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:25:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog041211 [04 December 2011] Our boy pig Angelica had his prayers answered this week when a potential girlfriend alighted gracefully in his paddock. After a bit of a push ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog041211 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 08:35:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog031211 [03 December 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! Today, the Quiet Man of Wine, Gentleman Jim Eustace is here, rocking the house and bustin’ his moves! TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog031211 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 07:51:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog301111 [30 November 2011] In the House tonight, an old young friend, the delightful and beautiful EJ Barnes! TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog301111 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:07:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog281111 [28 November 2011] A bunch of us opened a new bar, a new venture for all of us, in Sydney this week ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog281111 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:28:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog261111 [26 November 2011] ...Yes, I believe I see one at the back, a small but impressive gentleman from Dunedin, making his way to the stage, a familiar figure ... wait while I put on my glasses ... yes, I’m right, it’s the man who gives a good name to Dunedin ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog261111 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:35:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog251111 [25 November 2011] At this time of year every vine is carefully, painstakingly shoot thinned by hand ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog251111 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:37:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog231111 [23 November 2011] One of the Great Men of Wine, Curtis Marsh, has been based in Honkers and now in Singapore for many years now, and when he’s not clubbing here at the Dayglo, he devotes his time to exploring the world of wine... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog231111 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:30:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog201111 [20 November 2011] Frosts aside (and we have been fighting our share, and have sustained some losses), it's springtime and the world in the vineyards is full of new life and promise. ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog201111 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:54:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog191111 [19 November 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! On your feet, if you please, for a great New Zealander, and simultaneously a great Samoan! Yeah! I know ... crazy but true ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog191111 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog171111 [17 November 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! Tonight in the Dayglo Disco, Club Two Paddocks, special guest New Zealand Wine Legend Judy Finn ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog171111 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog161111 [16 November 2011] Just the one. And here they are... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog161111 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:45:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog141111 [14 November 2011] It has become a tradition in New Zealand that in November men grow moustaches to raise money to fight prostate cancer... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog141111 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog121111 [12 November 2011] Yes it's Alan Rickman. Yes, it's the man who brought you Snape in Harry Potter (if you're under 20), Valmont in the RSC's Dangerous Liaisons (if you are grown up), the bad guy in Die Hard, he IS Colonel Brandon ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog121111 Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog111111 [11 November 2011] Mike managed to capture the moment when Lady Caine gave Angelica a big kiss... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog111111 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:57:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog101111 [10 November 2011] We are devotees of good soil health to ensure we make healthy wines from healthy vines... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog101111 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:14:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog061111 [6 November 2011] At Two Paddocks, good staff relations are all about good communication... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog061111 Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:30:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog051111 [5 November 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! Today, and all night too, right here in your favourite limegreen and agent orange Dayglo Disco ... none other than our good Two Paddocks friend, the one and only Mark Lizotte -- aka DIESEL! ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog051111 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 08:50:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog031111 [3 November 2011] If in any way you might find Singapore compelling, as we do, you might find this article interesting ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog031111 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:10:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog291011 [29 October 2011] Tonight, all the way from sunny Norwich, flown in at gaggingly high cost on Two Paddocks Virtual Airways (First Class --So good, you never sleep). The Most Loved Man in Television and Film, and pretty much any other medium yet devised ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog291011 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:06:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog281011 [28 October 2011] Lord Julian Fellowes and his harem of four have stayed around the farm, favouring the nectarine block and the dam in particular ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog281011 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:06:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog261011 [26 October 2011] Ladies aanndd Gentlemen! Yes, we know you are still reeling from Bob’s radical DJ session, but we haven't finished with you yet! You knew it had to be ... yes, Keith, Keith, Keith ... cometh the hour, cometh the man ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog261011 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:20:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog231011 [23 October 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! Duck! Here he is, the Wild Man of Twitter, the Indoors Man of Bel Air, the Human Contortionist of Brooklyn, the Veteran of the Catskills, the Family Man, The Star of Wings, Humorist, Poet, Political Commentator ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog231011 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 08:40:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog221011 [22 October 2011] Some friends from Croatia send a letter and pics of their perfect picnic with Picnic. A picnic with everything. Lovely... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog221011 Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:20:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog1910112 [19 October 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! Direct from Herne Bay, our favourite Auckland Bopster: a menace on the dance floor, a terror on the road (white GTI wheels, natch) Jane "Twister" Jackson... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog1910112 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:47:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog1510112 [15 October 2011] Welcome to HQ, come on in... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog1510112 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:47:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog151011 [15 October 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! In the house! Direct from the clubs of Rome, and originally Studio 54, our old friend DJ DAFOE! ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog151011 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:57:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog131011 [13 October 2011] I have returned from the land of great cheap cheese and endless wine to superb cheap homebrew beer and endless rugby world cup media ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog131011 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:25:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog101011 [10 October 2011] No, spring really is a wonderful time of the year, the boy's shorts not withstanding, and here is some proof of that ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog101011 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog081011 [8 October 2011] Our DJ today -- our winemaker since 1999, our partner in the Central Otago Wine Company, and friend for all of that time, Dean is the original rock’n’roll winemaker ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog081011 Sat, 08 Oct 2011 09:18:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog041011 [4 October 2011] While Spring in the vineyard has much to recommend it – lambs, cherry blossom, green shoots on the vines and so on, there are inevitably things that we positively dread ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog041011 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:30:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog011011 [1 October 2011] Ladies aaanndd Gentlemen! Today, in the Two Paddocks Disco Inferno, one of the really Great Actors of our time! Toni Collette ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog011011 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 09:10:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog270911 [27 September 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! He’s here. Our friend and colleague, all the way from Ballymena via NYC (the long way), and now here, in the Two Paddocks Disco Inferno: Liam Neeson... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog270911 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:14:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog250911 [25 September 2011] In a sea of thyme, the Proprietor teeters on the edge of oblivion.... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog250911 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:30:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog240911 [24 September 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! Today, a special World Cup appearance, spinning the discs -- All Black immortal Josh Kronfeld! Not just one of the greatest flankers of our time, but one of the great AB dancers... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog240911 Sat, 24 Sep 2011 07:30:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog200911 [20 September 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! Nathan is in the House! Now look, we make no promises here, and we cannot vouchsafe what is to follow. We DO know that when Nathan arrives at work, the car is cranking doof doof, doof doof,... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog200911 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog180911 [18 September 2011] After the autumnal rapine and pillage in the ewe's paddock by the infamous sex-crazed maniac George Gleegun, our lambs arrived at least three weeks ahead of schedule... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog180911 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:30:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog170911 [17 September 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! In the House, for your Old Time, Anytime's the Right Time, Big Time Timeless Dancing and Listening Pleasure, The Man himself ... Not just the nicest man in NZ Wine, but easily the tallest... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog170911 Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:50:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog140911 [14 September 2011] Mike Wing, Le Viticulturist de Deux Paddox, is enjoying an Indian Summer in Burgundy, having escaped winter at Redbank... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog140911 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:26:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog130911 [13 September 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! One of the World's Great Chefs, and one of the World's Worst Singers! Sean Moran! Yes, it's Seany himself from Sean's Panaroma... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog130911 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:14:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog110911 [11 September 2011] For those, and they are legion, who follow our Top 10 Disco section, please note that for easy browsing we have retrospectively provided YouTube links for everything we can ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog110911 Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:30:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog100911 [10 September 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! Two Paddocks proudly presents, here in the Dayglo Disco, on the turntables and occasionally the vibraphone, not just perhaps England’s Finest Actor, but also its most persistent! Star of the Potter flicks ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog100911 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:30:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog070911 [7 September 2011] We have word from Mike, who writes: I am at Domaine Jean-Jacques Confuron which is in Nuits-Saint-Georges, 10 minutes out of Beaune... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog070911 7 Sep 2011 08:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog050911 [5 September 2011] Ladies aaannnddd Gentlemen! Tonight, in the Two Paddocks Disco Den we honour the world's most celebrated wine writer! Such a star, she only needs one name: Jancis!... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog050911 Mon, 5 Sep 2011 10:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog040911 [4 September 2011] The excellent John Clarke (aka Fred Dagg for those still in the time warp) sends us ten excellent diversions... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog040911 Sun, 4 Sep 2011 09:22:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog030911 [3 September 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen in the TP Disco! On your feet please! Tonight We of the Disco honour the Man himself! The most capped player in the history of the great sport of Rugby Football... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog030911 Sat, 3 Sep 2011 08:45:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog010911 [1 September 2011] Mention has previously been made on this blog of the arrival in Dunedin of The Proprietor’s forbear, P. C. Neill, 150 years ago, 1861 AD. P. C. Neill, then a 19 year old lad from Belfast, following the example of his father, promptly formed Neill and Co... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog010911 Thu, 1 Sep 2011 08:13:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog310811 [31 August 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! He may be in Burgundy as we speak, but he still insists on Classic Rock! Oh Yeah! Charles Aznavour? Don't be stupid! Melanie Laurent? No way, you poofs... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog310811 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:40:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog290811 [29 August 2011] Yes, the Prop is back exercising Droit de Seigneur as today's DJ. Again. And it’s back to the days when R and B meant what it said... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog290811 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:09:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog280811 [28 August 2011] No, in fact we really enjoy winter here in the vineyards, particularly when we get a fine day of such blue crystal clarity that you feel that the world is freshly minted... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog280811 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 08:30:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog270811 [27 August 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! A little hush PLEASE in the Two Paddocks Disco Inferno! Appearing tonight, all the way from Melbourne Australia, such an old TP friend he could be almost described as a Veteran... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog270811 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:40:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog2508112 [25 August 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! Raised in Taranaki! Schooled ... somewhere else! Three time Hawera Twist Champion! One time Hullygully Runner-up! She’s Outrageous! Courageous! Give it Uupp! You can't win! Tonight! Welcome to the stage please!...DJ...Jacqui Murphy! TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog2508112 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:40:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog250811 [25 August 2011] Here is the team at HQ saying farewell to Mike who is off today on his Burgundy adventure... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog250811 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog230811 [23 August 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! By popular demand, direct from Los Angeles, right here in your very own living room! The iconic! The celebrated! The wildly talented! The really nice guy! The one and only! Yes, he's in the House! ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog230811 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog220811 [22 August 2011] It has only just stopped snowing, and already the first of our lambs have arrived, at least three weeks before their time... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog220811 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog2008112 [20 August 2011] These birds (guinea fowl) have been with us for a month or so now, but are still confined to their own enclosure for the moment while they get used to being at our place. In a couple of weeks... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog2008112 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:20:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog200811 [20 August 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! Pray silence for a moment in the TP Disco! Ssshhh ... down the back please! Security, please remove the semidressed winemaker! Thank you! NOW ... Just when you were thinking that here at Two Paddocks we were all a bunch of semi-literate, uncultured (if hardworking) oiks... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog200811 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog1808112 [18 August 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! Long time Two Paddocks ally and co-conspirator Pete Gawron! Famed for his excellent food (and wine list) at Saffron Restaurant in Arrowtown... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog1808112 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:20:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog180811 [18 August 2011] Mike Wing, our whizz viticulturist, has the singular honor to be selected as one of four who are being sent to Burgundy for vintage. Mike is off in a few days... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog180811 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:40:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog130811 [13 August 2011] The Proprietor takes us on a video tour of the First Paddock vineyard, and its historic and beautiful Chateau set in its own splendid grounds... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog130811 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 20:40:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog120811 [12 August 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! Retired but far from forgotten! So uncool, he’s WAY cool! So unhip, he now has a replacement titanium hip! ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog120811 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog110811 [11 August 2011] The Prop's top NZ toons. He loves NZ music, and there is so much to love. So, get dancing now... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog110811 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog090811 [09 August 2011] So, our much anticipated new chums have arrived. And look as comfortable as if they've always been here... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog090811 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:25:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog080811 [08 August 2011] The Proprietor is often the butt of cheap jibes from ignorami implying that he lounges around the vineyard living the Life of Reilly doing sweet Fanny Adams, etc... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog080811 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 07:30:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog0608112 [06 August 2011] Our own Undercover Boss, The Proprietor, disguised as a passing actor, gets to the nitty gritty of vineyard work in winter... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog0608112 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 20:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog060811 [06 August 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! Tonight in the Two Paddocks Disco Inferno! Our very good Two Paddocks friends! ... Tim and Marie Finn... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog060811 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:50:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog310711 [31 July 2011] Here's Cate Blanchett. At full throttle. TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog310711 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 08:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog280711 [28 July 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! From the Cool Side of Town! She’s Chilled! But She’s Hot! She’s a Mum... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog280711 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:25:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog2307112 [23 July 2011] Angelica's Hollywood debut! ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog2307112 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 21:30:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog230711 [23 July 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! Today’s DJ -- PA to the Proprietor, Top Equestrian and Veteran Party Animal ... our own Desiree Bond! ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog230711 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 09:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog220711 [22 July 2011] Midwinter at Two Paddocks. It freezes, it snows, it freezes again ... and then ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog220711 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog210711 [21 July 2011] An evening at the Wakatipu Grill, with Sam Neill and Chef Peter Thornley, Friday, 29th July 2011, 7.00pm to 9.30pm, (03) 450 9400. Peter Thornley – fantastic chef. Be there or be extremely square. TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog210711 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:20:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog200711 [20 July 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! Boppin' Bob takes you back to the halcyon days of Joe Brown's Dance, Dunedin Town Hall, in the 50's. (Ballroom dancing upstairs, rock’n’roll down.) Ladies, adjust your corsets, Gents, straighten your ties... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog200711 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:20:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog180711 [18 July 2011] We are not sure how exactly, but some of our lavender is in flower right now, in the depth of mid-winter ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog180711 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:20:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog170711 [17 July 2011] As of today, we will move the Team's Top 10s into a special section under Our Team. We like our new feature – musical taste tells so much, and we only employ the most interesting people imaginable ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog170711 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 10:50:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog100711 [10 July 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! Tonight Only! In your joint! She’s clubbed in Berlin and Bangkok! She's Raved in Rio! Danced in Denver! Partied in Paris! And now she Sets the Style in Alex!... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog100711 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog0907112 [09 July 2011] Next in our series of short videos around the vineyards... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog0907112 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 20:30:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog090711 [09 July 2011] It would be doubly remiss to not remark further on the incursion to Singapore, but Monsieur Blog has been hoping for more documentary evidence in the form of photos. Anyway, as orchestrated by Curtis Marsh, Wandering Menace of Eastern Parts, and the marvelous staff at Hermitage Wines (thanks Angeline), Two Paddocks, as reported by The Proprietor, had four great days in tandem with the inimitable Bass Philip ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog090711 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 09:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog080711 [08 July 2011] Ladies and Gentlemen! Today's DJ, our old hipster friend Dennis Hearfield, Two Paddocks Designer, raconteur, bon vivant, drinker, chef, and occasional Ladies' Man!* Friends -- jump up, and get down! He's rockin'! He’s rollin'! It’s Dennis ! ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog080711 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:30:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog070711 [07 July 2011] Back to Singapore, it would be remiss not to report on some great highlights... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog070711 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog050711 [05 July 2011] As promised, our team have each provided their current top ten tunes, the kind of sounds they like when dealing with the frankly slightly repetitive job of pruning at this time of the year... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog050711 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:30:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog0407112 [04 July 2011] If you are a pig newby, a porcine neophyte, take this simple motto to heart if you want to make it to next spring: Never, but never, be seen with an apple in your mouth!... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog0407112 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 09:00:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog040711 [04 July 2011] We have had numerous enquiries re. the casting of Hello Chook. Look, we had a limited budget here, but believe us we tried to cast the best chickens available. Here are a few who we could not persuade to join us for one reason or another... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog040711 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 08:30:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog030711 [03 July 2011] Our first microdoole -- Cecil B. DeMille eat your heart out... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog030711 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:45:00 PDT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog250611 [25 June 2011] We know what you’re thinking -- that the life of a Proprietor is an endless grind of work, work, work. And more work. Well true enough. Actually, seen from the perspective of a Siberian coal miner, that would be a bit of a push. Particularly when you consider something like the Negociants NZ Roadshow -- four convivial days with amiable colleagues from other excellent wineries taking our wares around our beautiful land to a bunch of the most delightful people from New Zealand's hospitality industry. How could that not be a great time?... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog250611 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 04:30:00 GMT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog210611 [21 June 2011] When you work on a vineyard, especially one as obscure and hard to find as ours, you can wear pretty much whatever you like in reasonable certainty that no-one will ever embarrass you by pointing out how ... odd that top you're wearing really is... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog210611 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:30:00 GMT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog150611 [15 June 2011] So much has been written about Christchurch. But nothing really quite covers the enormity of what's happened here. The scale of disaster is unthinkable at both a national level, and at a very personal one, too. Sometimes a picture tells a story better than words.... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog150611 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:28:31 GMT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog080611 [08 June 2011] Anyway, what's a blog for if not to drop names, like some drop Jaffas at the movies? The Prime Minister was in Central a couple of weeks ago, hailed the Proprietor, and told him the following story. (Abridged -- you don't want to be on this damn blog all day.).... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog080611 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:28:31 GMT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog070611 [07 June 2011] Today Two Paddocks has a new Manager, Jacqui Murphy. Hats in the air please! ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog070611 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:28:31 GMT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog040611 [04 June 2011] A question often asked, why that name? Well, at the time we planted, other wineries were giving their brands rather grand and lofty titles -- Mt Difficulty, Mt Edward, and so on. ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog040611 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 17:28:31 GMT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog250511 [25 May 2011] We love how our wine travels. In this case some friends from Sweden sent us this beautiful shot of two bottles of some of the world's finest Pinot Noir that seem to have made their way somehow to Northern Scandinavia. ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog250511 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 05:30:22 GMT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog230511 [23 May 2011] About this time of year, you are probably considering capital purchases, and the issue often arises -- should we go the tractor option, or fall back on the sheep? A tough one, we agree, but grass must be cut. ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog230511 Mon, 23 May 2011 05:30:22 GMT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog220511 [22 May 2011] They might look like puffballs to you, but these are in fact our South Suffolk ewes striding purposefully through our Pinot vines, mowing the grass and cleaning up weeds. ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog220511 Sun, 22 May 2011 10:18:00 GMT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog190511 [19 May 2011] So, at the Proprietor's table last week, there were no less than three Nigels. All Nigels present agreed, as Nigels are wont to do, that calling your child Nigel is rather like handicapping a horse -- the child will struggle to catch up for the rest of his life under the extra weight of a name that most of the world finds pretty risible and pretty poncy. ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog190511 Thu, 19 May 2011 10:18:00 GMT http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog1905112 [19 May 2011] Check out the first trailer from the new FOX series, "Alcatraz." ... TP Blog http://www.twopaddocks.com/news-2011.shtml#tpblog1905112 Thu, 19 May 2011 17:28:31 GMT