Vinarija Šijački
Identity and labels for a four-generation family winery in Banoštor, on the Danube side of Fruška Gora. They are the only producer of Seduša, a local red grape that almost disappeared.
Bononia with two suns
Banoštor's vineyards face north, which should mean less sun. Locals call the village, Roman Malata Bononia, "Bononia sa dva sunca": the Danube works as a mirror and throws light back onto the slopes.
The mark draws exactly that. The sun half hidden behind the ridge, the same sun returned whole by the river.
The colour of the glass
Each wine gets a pair of colours read from a glass of it. The core of the wine becomes the sun, the rim becomes its reflection in the river. Four wines, four labels you can tell apart across a shop.
Seduša
#9c2432 / #ca4041
Frankovka
#751c62 / #b24981
Rosé Ivana
#d94b78 / #d36854
Italijanski rizling
#c28f00 / #679725
Labels
The wine's name sits on the dark foot of the ridge, one size across the range, so the longest name, Italijanski rizling, sets the size for all four.
The first draft had a single peak under the sun and the name stacked in syllables. With a red disc on white it read as a Japanese flag. A long, low ridge, true to Fruška Gora, and the name in one line took that away.
The logo line
The mark per wine, a one-colour version for stamps and engraving, a horizontal version for the website, and a favicon that keeps only the sun and the ridge.