New Zealand wine export reached a record of NZ$1.7 billion in 2018. It constitutes an important sector of the economy of the country. Approximately 70% of New Zealand wine is produced in the Marlborough region. In recent years, this area has been subjected to a number of seismic events including the Mw 6.6 Cook strait and the Mw 6.6 Lake Grassmere earthquakes in 2013, and the Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake in 2016. After the Kaikōura event, New Zealand Wine estimated that about 20% of the wine tank capacity was impaired. In 2018, repairing works on wine tanks and winery infrastructures were still underway reducing the total tank capacity and potentially impacting the wine production. Following an overview of damage observations of winery facilities after the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake, this paper discusses the recovery phase currently underway. The performance of wine storage tanks and other winery facilities is analysed and discussed. Preliminary results from a case study show that in late 2018, the winery has recovered approximately 85% of the original functionality and interviews with winery managers highlighted that delays in the replacement of failed tanks and repair of moderately damaged tanks might be attributed to some extent to the insurance process. It is forecast a 90% recover by the 2019 harvest. Temporary and permanent mitigation strategies are critical to this recovery and some solutions are herein presented.