From the cool hills of King Valley to the sunlit plains of Padthaway, One Road is a journey across Australia’s diverse wine regions. It is a line on the map that becomes a thread through the land, weaving together landscapes, histories, and the people who dare to imagine what each vineyard might become. Every bottle is more than a drink; it is a chapter, a voice, a story written in soil and sunlight.
To explore is to notice the quiet differences: the way morning fog lingers in King Valley, softening the vines; the way Padthaway opens itself to the sky, its wide horizons filled with warmth and possibility. Along this road, questions are asked and answered in the language of wine: How does the earth shape the grape? How does tradition meet innovation? Each answer unfolds in layers, just as the labels unfold with cartographic hints — maps, charts, and flashes of landscape, guiding the drinker through place and time.
Each label is its own destination. Designed in a distinctive collage style, the artwork combines local maps, textures, and colours drawn from the surrounding environment. Mountain ridges echo across the paper, soil patterns transform into abstract backdrops, and regional hues — from sunlit ochres to valley greens — anchor the design. No two are the same, yet all belong to the same journey, like milestones along the road itself.
But to travel this road is also to dare. To dream is to plant vines where few imagined they would thrive, to let creativity breathe alongside craft, and to believe that a bottle can carry both memory and promise. One Road invites not only the makers but the drinkers to dream — to imagine where this glass might take them, what conversations it might spark, what moments it might hold.
Elegant yet information-rich, the labels are a compass, a visual poem. Each contour, each textured layer whispers of landscapes, seasons, and unseen hands that shape the harvest. One Road is not just about arriving. It is about moving forward — about curiosity, wonder, and courage. In every sip lies the echo of exploration, the reminder to ask questions, and the inspiration to dare to dream.






CREDIT
- Agency/Creative: Harcus Design
- Article Title: Harcus Design Creates Cartographic Labels for One Road Wines
- Organisation/Entity: Agency
- Project Type: Packaging
- Project Status: Published
- Agency/Creative Country: Australia
- Agency/Creative City: Sydney
- Market Region: Oceania
- Project Deliverables: Beauty Photography, Label Design, Packaging Design
- Format: Bottle
- Industry: Food/Beverage
- Keywords: one road, wine label, label design, australian wine, harcus design
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Credits:
Designer: Galima Akhmetzyanova
Creative Director: Annette Harcus
Photographer: Stephen Clarke