Two hands holding a bottle of red wine inside a cellar with brick walls and wooden barrels in the background.

CASE STUDY

The wine was already there. The price signal wasn't.

Client
Hutton Vale Farm

Category
Wine & Eco Tourism

Region
Eden Valley,
South Australia

Deliverables
Brand strategy
Visual identity
Packaging design
Cellar door materials
Brand brochure

Hutton Vale Farm was producing high-quality wine with a proven track record.

The problem wasn't the winemaking, competitors using the same fruit and producing comparable wine were successfully commanding higher retail prices. The gap wasn't in the glass. It was on the shelf.

Three bottles of wine from Hutton Vale Farm placed on a rustic stone windowsill in a cozy cellar with sunlight coming through a wooden framed window.

The brief was to bring the packaging in line with the quality of the wine and give the business the confidence to price accordingly.

No complete overhaul. The logo and label shape were already strong. Instead, we refined what mattered - label size, placement, quality signals, closure choice - to close the gap between what was in the bottle and how it was perceived from the outside.

The result was immediate and measurable. Hutton Vale increased their RRP by 36% per bottle. Sales held steady. The bottom line improved by 30%.

Laptop on a desk displaying a wine label design comparison for Hutton Vale Farm, Eden Valley, showing original and refreshed versions.
Laptop displaying a wine label design for Hutton Vale Farm Eden Valley Shiraz 2021, with descriptive annotations.
A bottle of Hutton Vale Farm Eden Valley single vineyard Shiraz wine from 2021, standing upright on a plain gray background.
A bottle of Hutton Vale Farm Shiraz wine from 2014, with a silver screw cap and a simple white label displaying the vineyard's name, location, type, and year, against a plain gray background.
Laptop on a wooden desk displaying a wine label with details about a 2021 Shiraz wine from Eden Valley, Barossa, including origin story, bottling number, vintage, harvest date, yield, aging process, alcohol content, and warning about pregnancy.
BEFORE
AFTER
A person holding a bottle of Hutton Vale Eden Valley Shiraz 2021 wine in front of a table with sliced peaches and other fruits.

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