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The Upside of Spring No, spring really is a wonderful time of the year, the boy's shorts not withstanding, and here is some proof of […]

Look away now if you are faint of heart! While Spring in the vineyard has much to recommend it – lambs, cherry blossom, green shoots […]

In a sea of thyme, the Proprietor teeters on the edge of oblivion.    

Keith very happy. George Gleegun’s progeny are legion in the ewe paddock. Hopefully we do not have 28 mini-maniacs on our hands. After the autumnal […]

An upside down world. Mike Wing, Le Viticulturist de Deux Paddox, is enjoying an Indian Summer in Burgundy, having escaped winter at Redbank. Staff are […]

We work 24/7 for your benefit on this blog. A completely unrelated photo of Steven Weber. Except that he will undoubtedly be a Top 10 […]

Mike Wing getting cultured. We have word from Mike, who writes: I am at Domaine Jean-Jacques Confuron which is in Nuits-Saint-Georges, 10 minutes out of […]

Or things to do when it’s too wet to prune. The excellent John Clarke (aka Fred Dagg for those still in the time warp) sends […]

Neill & Co. Mention has previously been made on this blog of the arrival in Dunedin of The Proprietor’s forebear, P. C. Neill, 150 years […]

  Woohah! No, in fact we really enjoy winter here in the vineyards, particularly when we get  a fine day of such blue crystal clarity […]

See you Mike... Here is the team at HQ saying farewell to Mike who is off today on his Burgundy adventure. From left Keith, Mike, […]

On Picnic with Picnic Dear all at TP HQ, I want to inform you that your wine - Picnic Pinot Noir 2007 has been opened […]

George Gleegun wrecks TP Family Planning It has only just stopped snowing, and already the first of our lambs have arrived, at least three weeks […]

Strange how the famous tend to prefer to hang out with each other. These birds (guinea fowl) have been with us for a month or […]

Mike off for Northern Vintage Mike Wing, our whizz viticulturist, has the singular honor to be selected as one of four who are being sent […]

The Proprietor takes us on a tour of the First Paddock vineyard, and its historic and beautiful Chateau set in its own splendid grounds.

Lady Caine and Gong Li The Prop and Gong Li deep in conversation, Gordy and Sweater listen in. Gong Li likes a back scratch. She […]

Hand-crafted Labeling The Proprietor is often the butt of cheap jibes from ignorami implying that he lounges around the vineyard living the Life of Reilly […]

Our own Undercover Boss, The Proprietor, disguised as a passing actor, gets to the nitty gritty of vineyard work in winter.

A Paddock of Stars Our Papparazzi never sleep. Here's Cate Blanchett. At full throttle.

Angelica's Hollywood Debut. Our own Undercover Boss: the Proprietor of Two Paddocks, deals with a troublesome staff member, who would prefer to be in The […]

And unintended  consequences Midwinter at Two Paddocks . It freezes, it snows, it freezes again ... and then ... And then ... you get a […]

And evening of good wine, good food and conversation. Peter Thornley – fantastic chef. Be there or be extremely square.

Heavenly Essential Oil We are not sure how exactly, but some of our lavender is in flower right now, in the depth of mid-winter. It’s […]

By way of explanation As of today, we will move the Team’s Top 10s into a special section under Our Team. We like our new […]

Back to the Future It would be doubly remiss to not remark further on the incursion to Singapore, but Monsieur Blog has been hoping for […]

More groovin', more shmoozin' -- the smooth sounds of summer in Wellington. Ladies and Gentlemen! Today's DJ, our old hipster friend Dennis Hearfield, Two Paddocks […]

Two Paddocks Nights Back to Singapore, it would be remiss not to report on some great highlights. On the Monday night, The Wandering Palate, Gunner […]

Just a little bit sexy. Just a little bit sinister. We are unable to provide you with the Chicken Rickman sound, but you can do […]

Unavoidable omissions. We have had numerous enquiries re. the casting of Hello Chook. Look, we had a limited budget here, but believe us we tried […]

A survival guide for life in a vineyard. If you are a pig newby, a porcine neophyte, take this simple motto to heart if you […]

Cecil B. DeMille eat your heart out.    

Taking the Poetry Of Wine to the People We know what you’re thinking -- that the life of a Proprietor is an endless grind of […]

Post Big Quake #3 So much has been written about Christchurch. But nothing really quite covers the enormity of what's happened here. The scale of […]

New Leaf Today Two Paddocks has a new Manager, Jacqui Murphy. Hats in the air please! The Proprietor, who has been shirking managerial responsibilities for […]