Pepe Raventós Natural Wines by Mucho, Spain
Posted: Filed under: Food and Drink, Graphic Design Reviews, Packaging Reviews | Tags: Alcohol Packaging, Best Packaging Designs, Bottle Label Design, Branding & Packaging of 2017, Creative Packaging, Design Blog, Design For Print, Designed by Mucho, Graphic Design Blog, Material Thinking, Minimal Package Design, Packaging Company, Packaging Design Blog, Packaging Design Resource, Packaging Shortlist 2017, Spanish Design, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2017, The Very Best of 2017, Uncoated Papers & Cards, Wine Design, Wine Label Design, Wine Packaging Comments Off on Pepe Raventós Natural Wines by Mucho, SpainOpinion by Richard Baird
Bastard Negre, Xarel·lo and Ancestral are a small batch natural wine collection created, with minimal intervention, by Spanish vintner Pepe Raventós. Although Pepe is in charge of a vineyard that has been in his family’s hands for over 22 generations, and maintains the philosophies of his father and grandfather, this small collection was produced in the garage of his house, with the intention of crafting the highest quality wine from unrepeatable terroir.
Natural wines Bastard Negre and Ancestral, and sparkling wine Xarel·lo, are unfiltered and made without additives or sulphites, and have been produced from vines that around 50 years old. The land in which these have been grown are located at different heights and geographical positions, and made up of a variety soil compositions. This is expressed, alongside a process of minimal intervention, in packaging design, created by Mucho, through the layering of paper, the use of colour and form, and material texture and composition.
Niche Wine Co. — Somm by Frost, Australia
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Somm is a limited edition Australian Shiraz from Niche Wine Co., a winery that embraces an innovative dry farming process that yields fewer yet higher quality grapes with an intensity of flavour and colour. With a desire to convey an established, old vineyard feel, and a sense of heritage and sophistication, Niche Wine Co. worked with Sydney-based studio Frost to develop a name and wine label design.
Inspired by the sommelier, a trusted and knowledgeable figure in the world of wine, Frost developed an idea based around the sommelier’s notebook, literally translating the spontaneity, insight and personable qualities of this directly onto label and tissue paper, then packaging bottle into bespoke wooden box.