Architecture meets wine in Black Block Pinot Noir 2013.
Made by two South African architects, Derick Henstra and Peter Fehrsen, the wine was released earlier this year. Derick and Peter have been working together at their architecture practice for nearly 20 years, and share a lifelong interest in wine. They’ve also been partners in Wine Concepts, a fine wine retail store since 1998, so the desire to make their own wine was a natural step to take.
The pair commissioned graphic designer Madeleine Dreyfuss to design their wine label. The objective was to create a strong new identity for Black Block Wines, using the same black square treatment as the architecture company, yet building a separate visual language for the new wine brand.
