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All by hand ... We are picking about 2 – 3 tonnes per day, all hand-picked and hand-sorted. Here Keith is on strict quality control, […]

New MAXiMOViE and newly released Proprietor's Reserve First Paddock wine! Yes folks, today we launch another MAJOR Two Paddocks MAXiMOViE, entitled The Kindest Cut of […]

Something in the wine? At Two Paddocks we produce wine, lavender oil, eggs, vegetables, many varied fruit, nuts, herbs, saffron, etc ...and babies. Meet Zara […]

Canines I have Loved and canines I have Lost Many of you will know that the Prop writes for the venerable Spectator magazine (UK), four […]

The Prop finally undercover After weeks of covert work (about a year actually, all up), Stu Higgins of Frankton (Airstream Supplier to the Stars) has […]

Downtime. Or uptime, if you will. Dreamtime perhaps. It’s rewarding work, but exhausting work, being Vigneron at Two Paddocks. Spending 365 days of the year […]

21 February 2014 Best time of the year ... Hard to believe, but our friendly fruit-growing neighbours are actually fond of our pigs, and are […]

Vibrant ... The bird nets go on this week as we pass veraison, but before we throw a veil over everything, here is a cracker […]

Pigs in Paradise On Tuesday the Saddleback Pig family took another delivery of two bins of cherries (seconds) and immediately set to a full scale […]

Dam busters... This morning, a perfect Summer’s day, the little lake from whence cometh our water, looked so utterly ... perfect. It looked as if […]

Proprietor goes crazy! In the right way. In the world of Believe It or Not, this takes some beating. As of this week, we have […]

In a galaxy, not that far away ... Yes, the Lady Caine has finally, reluctantly, produced a Calf – Richard (Roxburgh). A bonny young beefy […]

The maestro has landed. A couple of times a year our long time mentor, the highly esteemed, one might almost say revered, mentor, Larry McKenna […]

To the delight of The Proprietor JM writes: All here happy to see the micro-produced The First Paddock 2010 busting out a 93+ points and […]

Another for The Spectator More than just a plain face, The Prop writes again for that august British organ, The Spectator. About actors, accidents, other […]

And Les Francais... So, our latest official Two Paddocks t-shirts are now available, at very limited numbers. Designed by artist Alex Stephenson, they are made […]

Thicker than water, not falling far from the tree, etc. So, those of you who know a little about our story already know that last […]

On Eggs One of our Indian Runner Ducks, Maria Sharapova, is nesting discreetly in a bed of old lavender bushes. She thinks we can’t see […]

And all just like her ... Our comely saddleback pig, Imogen Poots, has given birth to no less than ten saddleback piglets. Judge for yourself, […]

If you're in Queenstown on November 10th, join us for lunch with the Prop, Blair Walters and Paul Tudgay at Rātā. Great food, great wine […]

All Pigs Are Pigs! A rose by any other name... The livestock on the HQ vineyard Redbank are increasing almost by the day. Not only […]

Sprung Mike took this photo this morning, of our first lamb this year. Born this very day. More livestock news from the vineyard soon.

What's your whānau doing?  Conservation Week 2013 (8–15 September) is a chance for you and your family to make a pledge for conservation, and celebrate […]

Milestones and gallstones Keith had a big birthday this week and the Premier Cru celebrated with club sandwiches, sponge cake, scones and cream and dainty […]

Getting down with the dirt It’s winter time, and a lot of different jobs take precedence. Among them the wild world of COMPOST. We believe […]

Simon is seen here putting together cuttings we have taken from our best vines, which are going to Riversun to be grafted. They will then […]

Something we prepared earlier... Before the present winter storms rolled in, and our Redbank main vineyard was still a green and pleasant land, we shot […]

Lordy, Lordy, a long time a-comin' Yes folks, at last it's here, our online shop. Three years in the making, at the very least, by […]

Jimmy Nesbitt and The Prop on Quality Control Wellington is at full speed again, with all hands on deck working on the next HOBBIT. But […]

And Vice Versa Well, usually, it's the dog. But here at Redbank, one can't help but notice the uncanny way in which our old boar […]

Game On The team finishes right on time at The Last Chance. In the centre, with bucket, Our Girl in London: Siobhan from Haynes, Hanson […]

The Prop writes for the Spectator Little mention has been made in these pages of the spectacular PINOT NOIR 2013, held in Wellington earlier this […]

Vintage 2013 This is the road to our Redbank vineyard, always spectacular at this time of the year. And invariably, it means we start to […]

Gold Medal Winner Yesterday, looking west over First Paddock , late afternoon . Last look before the nets are on. (See story below re medals, […]

Excitement in the vineyard Jacque Murphy writes -- All massive toothy grins at the vineyard today with news that The First Paddock 2010 Pinot Noir […]

Stylin’ in the Yards About now, before the nets go on, as veraison is upon us, we spruce up our vines with an immaculate trim. […]