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The Turyk family has long history of summers at Vancouver Island's Shawnigan Lake, and in the fall of 2009, became aware of a small vineyard and winery for sale in the nearby in the South Cowichan Valley. Translated from the local Coast Salish dialect, Cowichan or 'warm land,' is a unique terrior for growing curious new grape varietals. With a forty year history in BC's fishing industry, proprietors Tim & Colleen Turyk felt ready for a new challenge.
In memory of Tim's...
For those well-versed in the local wines of British Columbia, and specifically Vancouver Island, the name Venturi Schulze is known for achieving excellence through natural processes: they don't use pesticides, herbicides, or even irrigation. One of the oldest vineyards on Vancouver Island, they have been working diligently since 1988 to produce pure products: no pesticides, no herbicides, and no compromise in the vineyard or winery.
Hired Guns Creative began working with Marilyn Venturi in...
Enrico Winery is a new winery located in Vancouver Island's Mill Bay. They came to Hired Guns Creative in the spring of 2010 for a full branding package and label design for their first vintage, which was released in the summer of 2010.
The owner of the winery had two firm criteria for the branding: it had to incorporate imagery of a lion and it had to convey a regal feeling. Given these constraints, Richard felt that the best approach would be to create a logo in an illustrated, pen &...
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De Vine Vineyards is a new vineyard located on a hill top on Vancouver Island's fertile Saanich Peninsula. They came to Hired Guns Creative for a full branding package including identity design, label design, print design, signage design, and website design.
Visit: www.devinevineyards.ca
Situated at the south end of the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island BC, Silverside Farm & Winery produces blueberries as well as berry wines and fortified (port-style) dessert wines. In addition to fresh berries and produce, they also offer jams, jellies, and syrup made on their farm.
When Silverside approached Hired Guns Creative to redesign their website, Richard's thoughts ran immediately to a dark, lush design that would effectively highlight their products.
The website features...
Mark and Linda Holford had many of the ingredients necessary for a successful small winery: a beautiful new vineyard right on the burgeoning Cobble Hill wine route, the knowledge and experience that comes with being a 3rd generation winemaker, and a very solid portfolio of wines that were starting to win awards. But they were missing a key ingredient: a good brand. But then they happened to cross paths with Hired Guns Creative.
At that point, their branding was a mish-mash of styles and looks...
