As a Portuguese agency, the team was interested in creating sustainable packaging for one of Portugal’s best-known products: Port wine. A natural, fortified wine produced exclusively with grapes from the demarcated Douro Wine region (established in 1756, the first of its kind), Port is recognised worldwide for its historic and cultural heritage. Regarded by many Portuguese as a true art form, it is a tradition that has been handed down through the generations. To understand the evolution of the Port wine bottle over the years, the agency embarked on in-depth research (with support from the IVDP) and discovered bottles that were over 100 years old. This led to the inspiration to recreate a completely handmade bottle produced in a sustainable manner to act as vessel for Very Old Tawny Port.