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After years of trial and error, Robert Upe revisits Queenstown in a hypothetical 48 hours, sampling the best. Our favorite part of the itinerary, naturally-- […]

Celebrities are everywhere these days, clamouring for our attention. Our lives are saturated with their latest images, activities and gossip. Celebrity status for some is […]

Acting may have given Sam Neill a bountiful career but it is winemaking that is currently giving him his happiest harvest.  The media is saturated […]

While in New York City, the Proprietor sat down in front of the camera with Wine Spectator Magazine. Follow this >>link<< to see the video. […]

After a delightful lunch at Jancis Robinson’s house in Hampstead, The Proprietor sat down in front of the camera for an interview. The resulting video […]

Photograph by Richard Weinstein ALMOST 10 years ago, my first article on New Zealand pinot in this column stated that if Martinborough had a serious […]

Here's an exerpt: Like most Pinot Noir vintners, Sam Neill found his original inspiration in the red wines of Burgundy. But "we're hanging by our […]

What are the top 10 food destinations? Elizabeth Meryment travels the world and makes some surprising discoveries. The following is an excerpt from the article. […]

We would like to post all articles written about us, and we recommend this well written feature from Time Magazine. However, this one was just […]

...became a dyed-in-the-wool enophile and a waggish purveyor of New Zealand wine Sam Neill. New Zealand actor formerly described as “media shy,” now as “outspoken.” […]

Actor Sam Neill, who was made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, is also unsure why he was singled out for […]

Two decades after startling the wine world with a revolutionary style of Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand wine producers are turning heads again with their refreshing […]

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Actor Sam Neill is no ordinary celebrity vintner. He tells Susan Jung how his nose for Burgundy led to organic pinot noir and the happiest […]

Nigel John Dermot Neill better known as Sam, may have been made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DCNZM) for his […]

Radio interview Sam Neill: The Weekender Sam and Warren both try and pinpoint the exact location of Dunliven on the map (they're both wrong...) Duration: […]

Radio interview -- Summer Report with Todd Niall Rainy Day at the Bach (duration: 22′43″ Windows Media Player) Todd Niall talks to Sam Neill about […]

The Hollywood star sticks to his New Zealand roots to make Central Otago Pinot Noir Sam Neill, 58, is a serious actor and a serious […]

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One minute he's talking about kissing Hugo Weaving, the next he's espousing the pleasures of drinking wine and smoking cigarettes. Daphne Guinness meets the laid-back - […]

Enigmatic actor Sam Neill is a private person in a public world, but get him talking about wine and you can’t shut him up.  Sam […]

An olive branch? Sam Neill holds a case of his latest wine, Socialist Chardonnay, addressed to ex-Queenstown mayor Warren Cooper. "Dear Warren, I hope you […]

Environmental adversaries Warren Cooper and Sam Neill have become comrades over a nice drop of vino.  THAT SETTLES IT: Actor Sam Neill boxes up a […]

January - February 2005 In My Mixed Case, we ask a well-known wine aficionado: If you were headed to a secluded spot – a desert […]

Actor Sam Neill has embarked on a production quite different from his Hollywood blockbusters -- making wine under his own label, back home in New […]

25 years and more than 50 films after his stunning debut in 'My Brilliant Career', Sam Neill maintains the best review he's ever had was […]

Actor Sam Neill is so crazy about pinot he talks to the vines at his New Zealand winery. Do you remember your first glass of […]

After several years of being curmudgeonly about New Zealand Pinot Noir I am now thrilled by the number of exciting Pinots that are emerging from […]

Pinot Noir is an awkward grape. No wonder it appeals to masochists, says Tim Atkin Part summer camp, part piss-up, part gastronomic experience, the International […]

It used to be enough to buy a yacht, festoon it with blondes and moor it at St Tropez. But these days there is only […]

Excellent Reviews, New Releases; Good News All Around. Addicted as we are to reviews good or bad, given our thespian roots, we are thrilled by […]

What is it that makes wine sexy? What is it that makes wine sexy? Certainly nothing that viticulturists or oenologists can identify, and there is […]

Anyone impressed by pinot noir will be chasing Central Otago's 2002 vintage. Buy Central Otago pinot noir from the 2002 vintage. The region has produced […]

Speaking of pinot, I’ll admit to being won over by Two Paddocks. Ever skeptical, when it premiered a few years back the best I could […]