Working with Winelands brands, remotely
We are not a Winelands studio – our studio is in the Garden Route, about four hours from Paarl and Stellenbosch. But the Winelands brief is one we take seriously when it comes across the desk, and this page is honest about how that runs.
The Cape Winelands is one of the densest concentrations of premium-positioned brands in South Africa. Wine estates competing with each other and against the rest of the world. Hospitality businesses trying to be the place people remember from their Cape trip. Tech and consulting firms growing internationally from Stellenbosch. The bar for "looks good" is unusually high – and the strategy question is often the harder one: what to actually say in a category where everyone says the same thing about heritage, craft and quality.
For most projects, geography changes nothing – strategy, design and build run over weekly written updates and live reviews in Figma or Zoom. For projects where we need to be in your tasting room, restaurant, or hospitality space (photography, video, walk-throughs), we travel. Most Winelands clients see us in person two or three times across a project.
How we work remotely
The studio sits in the Garden Route, about four hours from Paarl and Stellenbosch. For most projects this changes nothing – strategy, design and build all run over remote tools with weekly check-ins. For projects where we need to be in your tasting room, restaurant, or hospitality space (photography, video, walk-throughs), we travel.
Most Winelands clients see us in person two or three times across a project – kickoff, one mid-project review, and launch. The rest is async.
Working elsewhere
We also work with clients in: