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Almost sounds like he knows of what he speaks ... briefly. The Prop talks with Sarah Walker on Essential Classics on BBC Radio 3 about […]

The movie Ladies and Gentlemen ... Jeremie Sery has put together a memoir, a documentary, of our time in Oregon. Merci Jeremy. Merci IPNC. Merci […]

Mother and Calf doing well Yes Spring is upon us, before we had time to say BRRR it's cold. And of course, being Spring, our […]

Jacqui Murphy's Management Log -- filing from TP HQ I'm going to try and convince you, the reader, that attending the 2015 International Pinot Noir […]

No Worries Jameson One of the most amusing people we had the pleasure of meeting at IPNC, Oregon, was Jameson Fink. He has a wonderful […]

Their blog, our blog every body bog blog. Sometimes other people's blogs say it all. This is from Wendy Stanford and our friends at wine.com. […]

Yes folks, easily our most ambitious flick yet. Co-written and starring The Prop (with Homer as co-writer - thanks Homey), and directed by our friend […]

Not necessarily in that order The Prop, rattled but still going reasonably heartily after years of service to the craft of the Horror Flick, spills […]

The bullock A relatively recent arrival, this chap is named after the All Round Entertainer and Sometime Gardener Rhys Darby. Not because they are both […]

Is there no end to our resourcefulness? On two of our vineyards, We've been growing olive trees for some 15 years now. Finally, we have […]

And Medals Galore! So, grand success again (modest blush from Dean and Mike) at the world's most influential wine competition -- The International Wine Challenge […]

In glorious ColorYouCanSee™ and SoundYouCanHear™ Our resident Frenchman this year, Jeremie Sery, is also a budding filmmaker. (Jeremie Sery oddly enough translates as Orson Wells […]

At last So, finally, after snow, hai, rain, frost, sun, wind, yesterday we took our last grapes off for this the 2015 vintage. 94 tonnes […]

Here we go. Here we go. So, it begins. We started picking at The Fusilier, Felton Rd, this week. So far 15 tonnes of excellent […]

Delinquency drama This month our current ram, Sonny Baa Williams, has been terrifyingly close to an early demise while on a mysterious and potentially hair […]

To Kim Hill on Playing Favourites, Radio New Zealand About growing up, being a Nigel, family, the upcoming documentary Anzac-Tides of Blood (aka Why Anzac […]

New Vintage So the nets are on, suspense builds, and we are gearing up for vintage. In all four vineyards. Ladies and Gents! ZARA WING! […]

Good marks and loving it. Normally we put our good reviews discretely in our astoundingly interesting Articles and Reviews section. But this week The Prop […]

Real Life Confessions The Prop gave it up in interview last week. Read here, just a half minute should do it ...

  Baa baa moo moo quack quack oink oink, etc. On the not entirely unrelated matter of organics, we keep a growing number of animals […]

How green is my valley ... Redbank -- The Hill Block We are now fully back into our organic programme. Philosophically we are not at […]

Uber cool. Uber kuhl. Curly kale. At last, a space he can call his own. Look, it's important that the Boss looks like a Boss. […]

Not so much a Maoist slogan, more a Two Paddocks mantra. For the very few of you who may have missed some of this (you […]

Lovely. Mostly ... Yes it’s that time of the year again. Fecund, fragrant, fabulous, fantastic ... oh stop it .. On the very plus side, […]

Results just in Here at Redbank, Keith, OC Animal Husbandry, (pictured right with Simon left) reports this is our best lambing season to date. Our […]

Two Paddocks The Last Chance Pinot Noir. 92 points. Look for it in April 2015 Two Paddocks Nine Piglets. Looking cute now! The crew very […]

The Prop gets mildly shickered at famous London eatery. And spills the beans again. Or slops the mince... You be the judge. Read on ... […]

Central Mission Two Proprietors, Nigel Greening of Felton Road, and the former Nigel Neill of Two Paddocks, join forces for a day in Blighty. Read […]

Shocking candour Well, maybe not your questions exactly, but The Australian was kind enough to do the following interview this weekend in their colour mag. […]

The big man speaks. From the man himself: our Pinot, and the finer things in life.

Weird but true. The thing about our cattle is, as part of our organic and biodynamic programme, we need them to ...well let’s not beat […]

In the world of the Pig Sometimes kids just need putting in line, and it’s often up to fathers to take charge of the situation...

Look Away Children Winter is upon us. You may not know this, but winter is a time of romance in the Pig World. Well, our […]

And Medals Galore! So, grand success again (modest blush from Dean and Mike) at the world's most influential wine competition -- The International Wine Challenge […]

Success in London Yes folks, we announce with great pleasure our success at this year's International Wine Challenge 2014 in London. Not one, but TWO […]

Faugh-a-Ballagh Our purchase of Desert Heart Vineyard completed this week, and on Friday we not only were picking fruit there, we marked this auspicious day […]