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The Label That Sold Through: Wine Packaging That Drove Retail Expansion — Smoky Bay Winery

Wine Packaging System: Retail Label Design and Long-Term Rebrand Foundation

A wine label system built to manage regulatory complexity, premium shelf presence, and years of retail expansion.

The challenge was a label system for multiple wine varieties that needed to satisfy Canadian regulatory requirements, production realities, and premium retail expectations without becoming crowded or generic.

My strategy was to build flexibility into the system from the start. The visual language could absorb variety names, regions, and required copy without redesigning the label each time, which helped the original design stay active across national retail for more than a decade.

Impact
13 yrs
without redesign
Role
Senior Brand Designer
Tools
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign
Team
Client + Print Production

Label System

The Label That Sold Through: Wine Packaging That Drove Retail Expansion for Smoky Bay Winery: Smoky Bay Grey
The Label That Sold Through: Wine Packaging That Drove Retail Expansion for Smoky Bay Winery: 07b Square Smoky Bay
The Label That Sold Through: Wine Packaging That Drove Retail Expansion for Smoky Bay Winery: 07a Square Smoky Bay
The Label That Sold Through: Wine Packaging That Drove Retail Expansion for Smoky Bay Winery: 08 Wide Smoky Bay

Retail and Brand Expansion

The Label That Sold Through: Wine Packaging That Drove Retail Expansion for Smoky Bay Winery: 03a Square Smoky Bay
The Label That Sold Through: Wine Packaging That Drove Retail Expansion for Smoky Bay Winery: 03b Square Smoky Bay
The Label That Sold Through: Wine Packaging That Drove Retail Expansion for Smoky Bay Winery: 01 Header Smoky Bay
The Label That Sold Through: Wine Packaging That Drove Retail Expansion for Smoky Bay Winery: 02 Wide Smoky Bay

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