Stories of The Landing

Our third year at the annual wine event gave us the chance to meet old friends and make new ones. The annual Winetopia fair’s Auckland edition was held on from 14-15 June at Shed 10, and The Landing Wines were there with a stall at the event for the third year in a row. We were one of two Northland...

The 2019 summer grape harvest at The Landing is shaping up to be a record one. Over the 2018/19 summer, New Zealand’s Far North has enjoyed a very dry and warm set of weather conditions that have been ideal for growing grapes. Coupled with our maturing grapevines and a lot of work by the vineyard team, it has resulted in an outstanding...

It’s been a wet spring and looks like a long warm summer – which means strong vine growth this year. The Landing grapevines have joined the Christmas rush, with rapid growth throughout the vineyard. All eight varieties are growing strongly, which requires intensive teamwork and attention to keep them healthy by selectively removing by hand the larger leaves which shade...