Judging
Date
July 28, 2025
Warehouse
Deadline
June 28, 2025
Winners
Announcement
August 12, 2025
Chardonnay
Vintage 2022
90 Points
Shiraz / Syrah
Vintage 2022
89 Points
Shiraz / Syrah
Vintage 2021
89 Points
Cabernet Franc
Vintage 2022
88 Points
Chardonnay
Vintage 2022
88 Points
Pinot gris / Pinot grigio
Vintage 2023
87 Points
Merlot
Vintage 2023
77 Points
Shiraz / Syrah
Vintage 2023
77 Points
Set on a historic peninsula in New Zealand’s stunning Bay of Islands, The Landing is a single-estate vineyard and winery producing beautifully crafted wines with intense flavour and complex mineral characteristics.
The Bay of Islands has a viticultural history 200 years in the making. As the home of the very first community of European missionaries and indigenous Māori people living together, The Landing is where the country’s original grapevines were planted in the early 1800s.
Today The Landing’s vineyard extends over 33 rolling coastal acres, bordering forest and wetlands where kiwi and other native birds roam. Since the opening of the winery and tasting room in 2020, the winemaking team has been producing award-winning wines wholly on-site, from vine to bottle.
Winemaker Ben Byrne crafts wines with a light hand, allowing the unique coastal terroir to sing through. The Landing currently produces three tiers of wine: the easy-drinking Boathouse collection, signature The Landing collection, and the premier Madre collection, produced only in exceptional vintages.