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First Paddock is our original vineyard, planted twenty years ago. In the foreground, our younger vines from which we expect a modest first crop this […]

Microdoodles 12 and 13 We have some marvelous neighbours and colleagues in Central Otago, and Verdun and Sue Burgess at Blackridge are among the best. […]

Happy Holidays! So here is our Xmas Special, another No-Expense-Spared MAXiMOViE, Two Paddocks Xmas Two With an All Star Cast, featuring Lady Caine, that gorgeous […]

The Age of Aquarius. Again. Every few months we receive a visit from our friend, mentor and adviser, the Esteemed Wine Guru, Larry McKenna. Larry, […]

I’m Too Sexy For My Tractor This week we took delivery of a new piece of gear, a State-of-the-Art inter-vine mower. The Boys are beside […]

Shock Decisions Yes, great relief floods the Paddocks, as the grisly business of Movember is at last over. The moustaches are gone, and life returns […]

23 November 2012 Spring brings new growth... Yes, the vineyards are vibrant with new growth, the staff are flat out, the Prop will be home […]

The Freefencer Departs Last week, Nathan packed his bags, and set off for the wide wide world. Puzzlingly, he has elected to leave the lavish […]

We S---. You Not. We have mentioned before that we are enthusiasts for matters Bio-Dynamic at Two Paddocks, and Mike in particular is gung-ho about […]

Two Paddocks in Northern Ireland Well, who knew wine selling was such a serious business? Here the Prop is employing the hard sell in Belfast. […]

And Larks For two far too brief weeks in the Spring, our lilac comes powerfully into flower, at about the same time the migratory birds […]

13 October 2012 The Bard of Vino – his  work. Curtis Marsh, that splendid figure of the World of Wine, writes about ... us! We […]

In London Well, you know us – we never enter our wine into competition, ever. Somehow, however, our 2010 Two Paddocks slipped through the gate, […]

  Staff Shattered! Shakira, our cow, in spite of weeks in the connubial company of our neighbour's bull, it seems is NOT in calf. She […]

Fancy as ... We have some really old pear trees on the property at Redbank, maybe two dozen of them. Ancient really, as fruit trees […]

Running from what? Our menagerie of the familiar, but slightly off beat, creatures increased last week when we took home four young Indian Runner Ducks. […]

More natives. Yes it’s springtime ... lambs abound, the first green shoots are on the trees, the cow may or may not calve (will she […]

Worth the trip. Today we called by London’s top wine merchants, Haynes Hanson & Clarke, and their smart, chic and friendly establishment in deepest Chelsea. […]

And the weather is pretty nuts. Yes, it’s springtime in the vineyards, and our Suffolk ewes are now lambing. And here is one new chap […]

Say goodbye to R.S.I. Yes, the team are winding up the very last of the pruning, and here they are at First Paddock, Gibbston. You […]

Highrise aviaries. Our chickens, despite having safe and warm lodgings in the henhouse, seem to prefer to sleep rough, like with their wilder avian cousins. […]

This is massive. The Prop is back, striding around the vineyards. Staff are standing straighter, the pigs are perkier, the vines are vimmier, the chooks […]

No Waste Wasted One of the secrets of our best practices in the vineyard, a key to sustainability and to the organic practices we employ, […]

Breaking bread with E’sensual In the bleak midwinter, in Central Otago, the wine producers of the fair province of Otago hold a smaller celebration, E’sensual, […]

8 July 2012 Musings underground The Prop writes for James Halliday’s Winefront Monthly about his shambolic stash. (Also published in James Halliday's Wine Companion.) Follow […]

23 June 2012 Réunions des Propriétaires Le Prop, tirelessly globetrotting, presently in the ceaseless pursuit of all things vinous, found himself last week in the […]

The Proprietor feeling on top of the world.

Late-harvest Riesling Another first, as far as we are concerned ... this year we left some Riesling behind on the vines, which we finally picked […]

If you happen to be a small pig. Alright, we acknowledge that this is a wine site, and we’ve had more than one pig story […]

And caboodle. This might look like some prosaic piece of farm gear to you, but to us, this is akin to the holy grail. Pictured […]

Ginger a Mum "After a time of wonder, etc..." In fact we were beginning to wonder ... was Ginger really pregnant, was Angelica not up […]

Two Paddocks Riesling A great new wine A couple of months ago we quietly released our very first Two Paddocks Riesling (2011), so quietly we […]

Dr Dooverylittleindeed. Well, some of us do, as it happens. Whether they understand every nuance is another matter. It’s the thought that counts. The Prop […]

  From woah to go in six minutes flat. Our new South Suffolk ram arrived this week, seemingly a glad sight for our girls, who […]

  Bob leaves the stage. It is with deep regret we announce the retirement of Bob. Bob has decided to hang up his boots, and […]

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, […]