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  Enduring friendship. You may ask, what do these two (pictured) have in common? Here is a short helpful list of some common interests, in […]

Almost harvest The Prop is home again for vintage, and Mike Wing keeps a close eye on the Hill Block Pinot – mod size bunches, […]

Mr Clarke asks the hard ones. The excellent John Clarke, of the Parish of Melbourne, puts you to the test. For each 'yes' award yourself […]

The old sod Yes, the Prop is back in res after a daring escape from Alcatraz; an epic swim, swatting off sharks like an Aussie […]

Startling revelations to reporter from Huffington Post. We don’t normally post articles here on the blog (see Articles and Reviews), but we make an exception […]

Hauser finds evidence of a crime at New Alcatraz. Jonny ‘Warden James’ Coyne prime suspect. Well, it’s goodbye to Alcatraz, goodbye to Hauser, and goodbye […]

Alcatraz wraps All cast and crew received a bottle of TP Picnic Pinot, in thanks – a great crew who worked their rear ends off […]

  A time of plenty At this time of the year, our orchards overflow with abundance. And our pigs make ... well ... pigs of […]

What price liberty? "Caged birds accept each other, but what they long for is flight." --Tennessee Williams Our chickens, indeed all our fowl, are never […]

The finished product... Mike carefully decants Two Paddocks Lavender Oil.

It’s harvest time again One of the more pleasurable jobs at this time of the year is the harvesting of our lavender. Try to imagine […]

Jolly Good Fellows, etc. Desiree had her baby last week, a stupendously handsome little boy, and all staff at TPHQ are thrilled, congrats and so […]

The romance continues People have been asking us if all is well in the Pig Department, and we are happy to report that all is […]

And manages to string together more than two sentences at least. Yes, the 'Man of Few Words' (mainly because he is unable to think of […]

It’s cherry time again. At Redbank we have about 20 acres of cherries, and they are close to picking right now. This is another time […]

Swing by, why don’t you? We are open at TPHQ, January 4th – March 4th, Wednesday to Saturday, 11 am to 4 pm. All welcome, […]

Violets are violet, whatever they tell you. One of the enduring legacies at our main vineyard, Redbank, from the days when it was a government […]

The Grand Final So, the results, of our November Moustache growing competition for charity ... Jacqui judged the respectivemo-attempts with scientific scrupulousness. Points were awarded […]

Club Med for Cows This week our cow has gone down the road for a little R & R with a rather handsome Hereford bull […]

All-star breakfast Our fowl are not only decorative, they lay the most superb eggs. Here’s a selection. The green eggs are better than they look, […]

The Two Paddocks Xmas MAXiMOViE Happy holidays and a great New Year from the team at Two Paddocks Wines!

A very tight race. So, the moustache-growing competition has run its course, and at the end of last month, the boys manned up with whatever […]

At least some of us are reasonably sure of that. We like to get the formalities of the holidays done and dusted ahead of the […]

Dreams come true for bachelors? Our boy pig Angelica (yes we know – long story, told elsewhere on these pages, or see Bestiary under the […]

8 Young Lane, Neutral Bay, Sydney A bunch of us opened a new bar, a new venture for all of us, in Sydney this week. […]

Sit up now class! At this time of year every vine is carefully, painstakingly shoot thinned by hand – vital for low croppping (high quality) […]

Something in the air... Frosts aside (and we have been fighting our share, and have sustained some losses), it's springtime and the world in the […]

Benedict Cumberbatch the father. Probably.   Just the one. And here they are.

Naked lips. It has become a tradition in New Zealand that in November men grow moustaches to raise money to fight prostate cancer. So at […]

All you need is love. Our pig, Angelica has moved in with the cows, and they are all getting on well. Lady Caine, a very […]

The fascinating world of composting. We are devotees of good soil health, indeed a healthy vineyard all round, to ensure we make healthy wines from […]

6 November 2011 At Two Paddocks, good staff relations are all about good communication.  

3 November 2011 Two Paddocks travels. And if in any way you might find Singapore compelling, as we do, this article by the excellent Wandering […]

Our office workers harassed. Lord J, with girlfriend A, does the Lambeth Walk outside the Tasting Room A curious thing has been happening of late. […]

What it's all about. Saša Zavrtnik's letter and more pictures We have always maintained that our Picnic is at home equally at Goodwood, Ascot, The […]

Mike Wing reports on his exchange visit to France. Four Central Otago boys in Eperna. Still standing. Merci Moet! I have returned from the land […]