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Since no one’s available to interview me, I’ll have to do it myself. [Read this article online] Recently, the Welsh actor Rhys Ifans made headlines […]

I have recently had a new grandson. I say this almost as if it were a personal achievement, but grandchildren in truth are thrust upon […]

Link to the article online>>> --- Irish-born Nigel Neill grew up in New Zealand and became one of our most famous and best-loved actors, Sam […]

Link to the article online>>> --- Last year was a busy time for Sam Neill's moustache. The admirably bushy lip-warmer, which he sports in the […]

Link to the article online>>> Our Proprietor proposes his Routes du Bonheur in New Zealand: 8 days of luxury and beauty in the island of […]

by Susan Jung [Excerpt] When I was growing up, there was always wine in the house, but it wasn't until I was 29 that I […]

A rockstar and a actor are among the many creative types who are making their mark as vignerons. Follow this link to the article online.>> […]

[Read this article online] In the world of wine, a word I deplore because of its overuse is ‘passion’. As in ‘a passion for pinot’. In […]

Follow this link to hear the Prop in an interview about his "other" job and listen to his favorite sound tracks. Link>> Radio Live © […]

Excerpt -- Best known for appearing in Hollywood blockbusters such as Jurassic Park and critically acclaimed dramas such as The Piano, Sam Neill is one […]

Time out in the heart of Central Otago with sublime wine, award-winning cuisine, impeccable art & three famous friends. Excerpt: Even in winter, the flavours […]

Excerpt -- Holywood legend Sam Neill’s range of New Zealand wines have been toasted across the Province in recent years. ADRIENNE MCGILL met up with […]

Excerpt -- A note came through the email this morning from Sam Neill, proprietor of Two Paddocks, that prompted me to report on their 2008 […]

Read the full article as published by James Halliday: My Cellar: Sam Neill (PDF) --- The original, pre-edited version: My Cellar One thing about having […]

The Prop with moustache: "Bryan Brown thinks my moustache looks gay. I said to Bryan: 'It's 2012. My moustache can be whatever it wants to […]

MARY-JO TOHILL/Fairfax NZ A RISKY BUSINESS: Central Otago winemaker Sam Neill has first-hand experience of the delights but potential disasters of pinot growing in the […]

Cinema celebrities demonstrate they have a nose for winemaking. Excerpt -- Neill is another respected vigneron from NZ, and one of the more vocal ones, […]

  Sam Neill discusses his career and shares his thoughts on a film he wishes he hadn't done! Follow this link to see the interview.

Sam Neill talks with George Stroumboulopoulos about his career, Two Paddocks, and the last time he watched Jurassic Park, alongside his son and the late […]

Sam Neill talks about some of the music highlighted on his generally wine-focused website.     Hear the interview online...

Excerpt: He’s instantly recognisable as Jurassic Park’s Dr Alan Grant and pipe-smoking astronomer Cliff Buxton in The Dish, but it took a single glass of […]

Sam Neill: Celebrity Escapes Sam Neill read somewhere once you can like many places in the world, you can even love many places, but you […]

Sam Neill is at home - from the glitz and glamour of Hollywood to the secluded and stunning vistas of his Central Otago winery. Excerpt: […]

Excerpt: Now if you were a famous Hollywood actor and decided to start your own wine brand, you would assume you’d have a pretty big […]

Excerpt: A few days ago I sent a tweet to Sam Neill, actor and vigneron at ‘Two Paddocks’ Central Otago, New Zealand. Much to my […]

Excerpt: In just a generation, New Zealand has emerged as a new Eden for pinot noir, the signature red grape of Burgundy and the rapture […]

Excerpt: Neill created his vineyard, Two Paddocks, in the cool-climate wine region of Central Otago; the most southerly wine producing region in the world. Known […]

Excerpt: It a latitude of 45° south, New Zealand’s wine-producing region of Central Otago is quite possibly the most southerly one in the world. Surrounded […]

Despite being almost 20 years in the wine producing business, Hollywood actor and Two Paddocks proprietor Sam Neill never thought of pairing his wines with Asian […]

In January 2011, I took a few days after the Central Otago Pinot Celebration festivities to boldly go in search of further flung sub-regions of […]

Above millions of years of fossilised animals and plants that have hardened to form the reddish granite surfaces of Langkawi, Sam Neill matches the island’s […]

Suite 101 The St. Regis Hotel Singapore hosted the "Unrivalled Passion for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay" wine appreciation event held on April 8th-10th, 2011. Read […]

Actor Sam Neill takes time off from movies to promote his wine and vineyard in New Zealand. By his own count, New Zealand actor Sam […]

Actor/oenophile Sam Neill gives celebrity-owned vineyards a good name. THERE are those who make a name making good wine. And then there is a romantic […]

An interview with Sam Neill about his New Zealand Two Paddocks Pinot Noir At Sydney's recent New Zealand in a Glass event Spitbucket caught up […]

Podcast episode 60, Sam Neill Edinburgh-born, Toronto-based Sommelier, consultant, writer, judge and educator Jamie Drummond is the Director of Programs, Editor of Good Food Revolution… […]