Two Paddocks
Template:Use New Zealand English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template other Two Paddocks is a wine producer based in Central Otago, New Zealand.[1] It is owned and operated by actor Sam Neill.
History
In 1993, actor Sam Neill established the Two Paddocks company with a planting of Script error: No such module "convert". of Pinot Noir on a small vineyard at Gibbston, Central Otago.[1][2][3]
Alex Paddocks is a Script error: No such module "convert". vineyard on a terrace above the Earnscleugh Valley under some rocky headlands. It was planted with Burgundian Pinot Noir vines (5, 6, 115) in 1998.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 2000, the company acquired Redbank Paddocks, a sheltered Script error: No such module "convert"., also in the Earnscleugh Valley, which nestles between two rocky escarpments. It is planted with more Burgundian clones (777, 667, and 115) and some Riesling.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 2001, Two Paddocks acquired an interest in another winery, The Central Otago Wine Company, with an approximate production of 3,000 cases of wine a year.[4]
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"The Last Chance" Pinot Noir is a single vineyard bottling from the Alex Paddocks plot, its first vintage in 2002. The company also produces the second label Picnic, largely with sourced fruit, with bottlings of Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, and Riesling varietals. Two Paddocks also grows medicinal and culinary herbs, such as lavender oil and saffron.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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