Sam Neill fans send sales of his Two Paddocks wine soaring in tribute to late actor

Thousands of dollars’ worth of donations also flood in to charity that Neill joined in protest against a controversial mine near his vineyard

• https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/14/sam-neill-remembered-lindsay-duncan-charles-dance-peter-webber">‘He made wine and he shared it.

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New Zealand stores have been selling out of Sam Neill’s wine label, and the causes he held dear have had an influx of support, as fans find ways to pay tribute to the adored late actor.

The 78-year-old New Zealander https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/13/sam-neill-death-actor-dies-aged-78">died on 13 July of https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/16/sam-neill-died-cause-of-death-pneumonia">pneumonia, just three months after Neill https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/29/sam-neill-cancer-free-clinical-trial">revealed he was finally cancer-free since being diagnosed with stage three angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a type of blood cancer, in 2022.