Two Paddocks Central Otago Riesling 2014

Two Paddocks Central Otago Riesling 2014 $32 ★★★★½ How winemaker Dean Shaw manages to stuff the equivalent of an entire citrus orchard into a 750ml bottle is beyond me, but…

Lessons from a wine column

…focused white.   Two Paddocks Central Otago Pinot Noir 2014 $55 Founder Sam Neill’s advice to prospective vineyard owners at the 2013 pinot noir conference went as follows. “Since you…

Three ways to ease the speed of summer

…I’ve been missing something because gently-grippy, juicy, rasperry-driven pinot’s like this are a joy to drink. It’ll only improve through 2016 too.   Two Paddocks Central Otago Riesling 2014 $32…

Pinot Favours the Brave…

…speaker on Day 1 was actor Sam Neill, a pinot noir grower himself (Two Paddocks, Alexandra, decent enough), who described our collective pinot producing community as “a bunch of good…

New Zealand Pinot Noir on Film

…The event will be opened by Sam Neill, movie star and proprietor of Two Paddocks. Philip Gregan, CEO of New Zealand Winegrowers, is also delighted to announce that confirmed international…

31 October 2011 Fishing for ideas…

…the hope that ridding our paddocks of a few rabbits would satisfy his need to hunt and gather. That was over a month ago and the only family member who’s…