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Episode 6: SAM NEILL

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Episode 6: SAM NEILL - summary

Sam chats to Olly about emigrating to New Zealand, making Pinot Noir, the mating habits of pigs, stuttering and playing ukulele with Ewan MacGregor. As Olly puts it, 'what a charming fellow!'

Episode 6: SAM NEILL - timeline

 
 

  • 04:24 - Sam brings a bottle of Two Paddocks, The Fusilier Pinot Noir 2014. The average price is £40 per bottle.

 
 

  • 06:08 - Two Paddocks is an organic vineyard, so doesn't use synthetic insecticides or herbicides

  • 08:50 - Kune Kune and Saddelback are two different breeds of pig

  • 10:22 - Pinot Noir is a black grape variety that is notoriously difficult to grow

  • 10:43 - Burgundy in France is the homeland of Pinot Noir

  • 11:59 - Felton Road is one of Central Otago's most famous Pinot Noir producers

  • 12:28 - 'premier cru' is a quality designation used in Burgundy to denote some of the best vineyards in the region

  • 13:28 - 'skiting' is a New Zealand slang term for boasting

  • 14:11 - Aubert de Villaine is the proprietor of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, who make the most expensive burgundies in the world.

  • 14:16 - Nick Mills is the owner/winemaker of Rippon, another Pinot Noir specialist in Central Otago

  • 14:18 - 'lieux dits' is a French term to describe specific, named vineyard plots

  • 15:06 - Nigel Greening is the proprietor of Felton Road winery

  • 16:02 - 'fruitbomb' is a term used to indicate a wine that has very powerful fruit flavours, often at the expense of elegance or complexity

  • 17:10 - 'crossing the line' is the moment at which a ship sails over the equator, and often involves a ceremony of some kind

  • 18:06 - Pitcairn Island is where the mutineers from HMS Bounty settled in the 18th century

  • 18:41 - the first vintage of Two Paddocks was made in 1997

  • 20:59 - Jackie runs the Two Paddocks Instagram feed

  • 21:05 - Jancis Robinson is a world-renowned British wine writer

  • 23:05 - 'cuves' are fermentation tanks

  • 23:13 - '50% whole bunch' means that half of the grapes are fermented as whole bunches; that is, they are not destemmed

  • 23:18 - oak barrels are used to mature wine, and 'new oak' indicates the proportion of barrels that are brand new, and which therefore give the strongest potential influence on flavour

  • 25:28 - Country Calendar featured a special episode on Two Paddocks

 
 

  • 27:35 - Sam supports the Stutterer's Association

  • 29:49 - 'Doctor Theatre' is a phrase among performers to explain how an illness can seemingly be temporarily overcome during a performance

  • 31:11 - Sam appeared on The Graham Norton Show with Ewan MacGregor

 
 

  • 31:49 - Plastic Jesus is an American folk song

  • 32:46 - Olly brings a small jar of honey that he makes from beehives in his garden in Sussex

  • 33:28 - Sam makes two Rieslings: 'Two Paddocks' and 'Picnic'

Episode 6: SAM NEILL - production notes

  • Recorded on 7 October 2016 at the headquarters of the Institute of Masters of Wine in central London

  • Hosted by Olly Smith

  • Produced and edited by Richard Hemming MW

  • Mastered by David Thomas

  • Hardware list: 2 x AT-2020 condenser microphones with pop shields, Zoom H6 digital recorder, ATH-M20X headphones

  • Software list: Audacity 2.1.3, Garageband 10.1.6, Wavelab LE8

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