This year, at the 6th annual Sommeliers Choice Awards held in San Francisco, four wines from The Landing – including The Landing 2022 Chardonnay – took home Gold medals.

The Gold medal winners included The Boathouse 2023 Rose, The Landing 2022 Chardonnay, The Landing 2021 Syrah and The Landing 2023 Pinot Gris.

Jones said the goal of the Sommeliers Choice Awards is simple: to provide on-premise buyers and sommeliers (professional wine steward) a valuable benchmark for understanding which wines would make a compelling addition to a wine list.

“We are extremely pleased that our wines performed so highly at these two competitions.

“Northland continues to cement its place on the wine map, within New Zealand and internationally.”

The Landing Wine is a single-estate boutique label based in the Bay of Islands, in 2007. The 13ha vineyard produces more than 10 varieties of grapes and is particularly known for its Chardonnay and Syrah wines. Winemaker Ben Byrne uses a low-intervention approach to craft wines that are complex and intense with clear minerality.

Now in its 21st year, Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) is the world’s largest and most influential wine competition. This year, over 18,000 wines from 57 countries were entered into the competition, Wines were tasted by 243 specialist judges from 33 countries, including 20 Master Sommeliers and 61 Masters of Wine.

The Sommeliers Choice Awards looks to identify wines that would make a compelling addition to any wine list. The aim of the awards is to provide independent and honest reviews for brands looking to enter the US on-premise wine market. The event is organised by the Beverage Trade Network, a leading online platform dedicated to connecting the global beverage industry.