Neill Keeps it Real

Sam Neill features alongside Sting, Cliff Richard, and Francis Ford Coppola in a Guardian story on celebrity vineyard-owners. Neill is described as one of the more down-to-earth of the bunch, who takes an active role in the creation of his Two Paddocks Pinot Noir. Wine critic Jilly Goolden offers her thoughts on the acclaimed central Otago drop: “[The 2001 vintage] has got a gorgeous nose, a piercing berry fruit with a little simmering compost.”


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Analiese Gregory Opening Tasmanian Anti-Restaurant

Analiese Gregory Opening Tasmanian Anti-Restaurant

New Zealand-born Tasmania-based chef Analiese Gregory, who lists high-profile restaurants such as London’s The Ledbury and Spain’s Mugaritz on her resume, as well as Sydney’s three-hatted Quay and Hobart’s two-hatted Franklin,…