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At the end of 2021, we made the heart wrenching decision to cancel the Pop Up and Paddock to Plate Lunch for our Private Paddocks […]

In Wine & Spirits’ Top 100 Issue, the buying guide consists of the publication’s Top 100 wines of the year. “If we were looking for […]

Wine & Spirits – Winter 2021   In Wine & Spirits’ Top 100 Issue, the buying guide consists of the publication’s Top 100 wines of […]

Though movie fans may know him for blockbusters like Jurassic Park or indie flicks like Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Sam Neill’s reputation in the wine world hangs on Pinot […]

Jane MacQuitty from The London Times writes - "The celebrity wines I really rate" I’m sniffy about most of these Instagram-friendly releases, but better bottles […]

When ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ Shut Down, Sam Neill Beat Depression by Making Short Films https://www.indiewire.com/2021/02/sam-neill-short-films-jurassic-world-1234617314/

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Sun, delicious local food, very ‘fine’ wine, an ebullient host and ‘saucy’ open-mic stories – Yes, it’s the annual Two ‘Paddocks to Plate’ Lunch for […]

His acting work takes him around the globe, but Sam Neill can’t wait to get back to the place he’s in love with – Otago. […]

So. First blog for ages since the Prop has been sulking about the upgrading of our site for ages.   Speaking of which, this agonising […]

We've been a little slow on this. But trust us it was fabulous! Book your place for the next lunch NOW. Seats are scarce! Saturday 24th February, 2018. […]

Charlie Pickering’s Worst Nightmare We had a visit from the excellent Charlie Pickering (comedian and TV Current Affairs Host from ABC Australia on The Week), not […]

In the Guardian. And is strangely nice about the Prop. "Clive James: ‘I couldn't believe how non-weird Sam Neill was.’" Here's a link to the article>> […]

Comedian vs Cartoonist This week we were very pleased to welcome perhaps the World #1 Cartoonist – Steve Bell of the Guardian UK – and […]

Onward And Upward ! In which we blow our own trumpets  And tubas .     As we march into a strangely new year and […]

Yes, we know it sounds ... well ... kind of poncey. But for a multitude of reasons, we've decided to rationalize our present rather random […]

Some Provisional Club Guidelines 1. It will not be this kind of club  But dancing is encouraged anyway. Particularly in the orchard. 2. There will […]

A dirty weekend and its consequences. So, our worst fears have been this week confirmed. Imogen Poots, our comely saddleback sow, has given birth to […]

Vintage update We called in to The Central Otago Wine Co Ltd the other day to check on things and get updates and samples of […]

Himself Its always gratifying when the Proprietor returns from abroad and is flash mobbed by his animal friends, who have missed him more than they […]

13 September 2016 Something neither you nor we expected. Ever. So our ever resourceful Jacqui Murphy, CEO of Two Paddocks, has turned her capable hands […]

Or Spring in die Paddocks to you So, it's that time again, and lambs abound. Twins are bounding. It's a riot of springing twinning lambing […]

So Saucisson... Staff are even more hell bent on self-sufficiency, sustainability, haute cuisine, good chow, etc. than ever. Last week, for a staff lunch, the […]

Oil Organic Last year we pressed for the first time our own olive oil. With some pride. All the oil we had was from The […]

Worm Wonderland Are there no limits to our ingenuity? Are there no lengths to which we will not go to improve our soil? Is there […]

Praise indeed On a more up to date note ... Sometimes we break our own rules -- who doesn't -- and put reviews we particularly […]

Praise indeed On a more up to date note ... Sometimes we break our own rules -- who doesn't -- and put reviews we particularly […]

History reveals the ancient origins of Two Paddocks Our ever resourceful archivists have turned up sensational evidence of what we had always suspected -- Two […]

On the Pig's Back The Prop, home again, spends a fair bit of the time when he should by rights be in the TP office, […]

No one more surprised than himself. So,its been a great January. Our Pop Up Bar at the end of Felton Rd next to The Fusilier, […]

Toby Stephens, Actor Ladies and Gentlemen, At last, a new guest DJ in the House, our first in the Dayglo Virtual Disco for 2016,  A […]

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Or not The Prop has been doing some research in his spare time while filming in Africa.* And a curiosity that may be of interest […]

  The Proprietor, Sam Neill, is delighted to announce that Two Paddocks vineyard has been granted both resource consent and a special license to operate […]

Better late than never A slow start this season -- by our estimation two weeks late. But here it is -- budburst -- as captured […]

And her brood Yes, things are quiet in the vineyard, as we emerge from winter. Pruning done, getting all and sundry shipshape. So our attention […]