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What’s in a name? A question often asked, why that name? Well, at the time we planted, other wineries were giving their brands rather grand […]

Mysterious movements We love how our wine travels. In this case some  friends from Sweden sent us this beautiful shot of two bottles of some […]

The debate rages on About this time of year, you are probably considering capital purchases, and the issue often arises – should we go the […]

Every lawn should have one They might look like puffballs to you, but these are in fact our South Suffolk ewes striding purposefully through our […]

Or the wine into Nigel So, at the Proprietor’s table last week, there were no less than three Nigels. All Nigels present agreed, as Nigels […]

Visiting Only Here’s a trailer for Alcatraz. Cool enough for you?

Tight Lines! It’s nearly the end of the season, but Two Paddocks drinkers are still catching good fish. This is our friend Matt Hanna, with, […]

The Old Way Often  the old methods are best. Here Dean demonstrates "punching down" the "cap," a process that must be repeated several times a […]

Chickens and Autumn Leaves The Proprietor gets arty with the digital camera, and Neil Dawson’s marvelous sculpture. The chickens are as cooperative as always.  

One of the more laudable govt. initiatives of recent years has been the granting of work permits to workers from Vanuatu, who come over for […]

Deep breath, please... We’ve been meaning to report this for a while, but frankly we find it a tad dull, so there you go. OK. […]

In the manner of Turner Redbank, May 3, 5:45 PM

All Hands on Deck Questions are often asked of the Proprietor to the tune of, "How hands-on are you, really?" The answer of course is, […]

Excellent auto too Last year we renovated the former smoko shed into very comfortable, almost salubrious, single man’s accomodation. Simon Gouley, TP worker and sometime […]

Man and pig in complete agreement Next to our cellar door we have a small vineyard known as "The Library Block" where we grow bays […]

And Hawaiian Shirts Back at HQ, as the nights draw in and we can sense the approach of winter’s stealthy mission, the tropical splendour of […]

Team Two Paddocks Does Roaring Trade If you are ever in Central at Easter time, don’t miss the Clyde Food & Wine Festival. We turn […]

Bob’s gottem, dem ole chicken s*** blues We apply numerous organic and biodynamic methods in our vineyards, and today the boys have been applying to […]

...has surely come. So, autumn is truly with us: we have had one fall of snow already. We do grow cool climate wine, so no […]

Big Ones ... Not all "beverage" producers are as friendly as our fellow Pinot Producers (see previous stories below). In fact, some can be  belligerent […]

A long word and we had to spellcheck it. So the Proprietor continues his wine tour, and jolly hard work it is too. Whatever you […]

Ah yes Much talk in Singapore about terroir: what it is, who has it and so on. And we won’t burden you with anything too […]

The companionship of Pinot Noir So, after a remarkable last evening in Langkawi, at the Datai, where the Burghound himself, Alan Meadows, gave a riveting […]

Staff stifle sniffs Mark left today, and set off down the road from HQ to seek his fortune in the wide wide world. We put […]

Hi ho hi ho. Meanwhile , back at the Ranch... The canopy is yellowing fast, so the race is on to get our Pinot  into […]

Proprietor into the Heart of Darkness Sometimes it’s hell to be the boss. A little dip in the Andaman Sea, one way to sharpen up […]

Gotya Sucka! We are not necessarily aware of the time, let alone the date, down on the farm. So when it was drawn to our […]

But harvest begins, 2011 vintage underway. Today we picked our first grapes, in the lower Riesling block, clone 195. The boys  took about 3 tons […]

We adore flattery Back to Matters Vinous ... Earlier this month, we were happy to host a lunch at Redbank for our friends and distributors […]

We get off the point for a moment. And then Liam Neeson gets us back on track. We have received polite enquiries as to what […]

Baa Baa dies. Crew mourns. We are a little devastated today;  our old pal Baa Baa died last night. What is worse, we think he […]

Revolutionary Fence Jumping We don’t know what’s going on here, but George Orwell would be having a field day at Two Paddocks. Following recent repeated […]

Cake Galore So, after 7 years at the helm, Mark is moving to Waiheke, to another winery, and leaving us behind.  They grow something called […]

Bring it on. The nights are definitely cooler, and we approach with both trepidation and excitement harvest time. We are particularly excited about our Riesling […]

Freedom or bacon? And here’s the thing – the push for freedom knows no boundaries, and there is definitely something in the air now following […]

Freedom or Death This story we have rather postponed in the telling, but here we go. So, as last year wound on, it became clear […]