stretched across almost five decades<\/a>, from the beginnings of New Zealand\u2019s modern film industry to one of the biggest blockbusters in cinema history, Jurassic Park.<\/p>\nHis extensive film career will have earned him substantial sums. But outside Hollywood, Sir Sam spent most of his time at Two Paddocks, his winery business based in central Otago.<\/p>\n
Realestate.com.au reported his net worth has been estimated to be between $31 million and $34 million (US$18 million to US$20 million) across his acting, properties and winery business.<\/p>\n
Two Paddocks is comprised of a vineyard in Gibbston and two others near Alexandra. It was first opened in 1993 and began as five acre property, but expanded in the years since.<\/p>\n
In a statement on the Two Paddocks website, Sir Sam had said his goal with the winery was “to produce a good pinot noir that would, at the very least, be enjoyed by my family and friends”. <\/p>\n
“Frankly, my friends will pretty much drink anything, so this didn’t seem too hard.”<\/p>\n
The animals at the farms were also named after his film industry colleagues in a move he said was to prevent them from being eaten, such as his cow named Helena Bonham Carter.<\/p>\n
“One can\u2019t really eat Helena Bonham Carter,” he told The Times in 2021.<\/p>\n
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Sir Sam Neill. (Source: Getty)<\/p>\n
On the wine side of the business, Sir Sam called it “ridiculously time and money-consuming”. <\/p>\n
“I would not do it if it was not so satisfying and fun, and it gets me pissed once in a while.”<\/p>\n
Along with his winery and farm, Sir Sam also owned a property in Wellington, and once purchased a property in Sydney’s Double Bay in 1996 for A$839,000.<\/p>\n
The four-bedroom property was sold in 2020 for an undisclosed price, but realestate.com.au reported it was believed to be above A$3.6 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sir Sam Neill has left behind a highly valuable estate, including his well-known Two Paddocks winery and a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,409,111,139,69,417],"class_list":["post-525037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}