Two Mountain Winery regales in the warm days and cool nights that typify the fine vineyards of the Yakima Valley. Brothers Patrick and Matthew Rawn took the plunge into winery ownership in 2006 and connected with us in early 2014 to assist with their main lines and new projects.

When they rolled out their Barrel Select “Brothers” line they knew they needed a label that pushed the envelope. As Matthew Rawn put it, “We wanted to push the size of the label, the thickness of the paper, and the emboss/deboss aspect, all with a minimal clean design. We wanted the physical attributes to say more than the design or copy.” And they knew they needed an understated elegance that reflected the character of the wine.

The Rawn Brothers went with Turnstyle Design in Seattle for their creative graphic expertise and called us in for an initial concept meeting. They knew what they wanted visually and so our job was to contain production costs while preserving the elegance of the idea. As printing experts, that’s what we do!

We helped  identify the right materials to emphasize their favorite effects while enjoying a wide-ranging creative discussion. In the end we decided that a combination of emboss/deboss, pearl foil stamping, and spot varnishes would be the base while leaving an area open for the Rawn Brothers to add their signature by end. Pretty classy stuff.

Early collaboration makes magic.

The red dot on the label is gloss varnished as well as debossed, meaning sunk in towards the bottle, and the silver logotype is embossed, or protruding. Each bottle is hand-numbered and hand-signed to further the bespoke profile of the varietal (and they only made a few hundred).

This was a wonderful collaboration between Trysk, Two Mountain Winery, and Turnstyle Design in Ballard who handled the graphics work. Oh, and the wine is delicious too!