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Clark Ferrea Winery

Clark Ferrea Winery Crafting a modern brand from a century of California winemaking For some clients, we come in to refine what already exists. With Clark Ferrea, we were there from the very beginning—before the name, before the label, before the first offer. As one of the most well-known families in American wine, this was…

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An assortment of Furleigh Estate sparkling and still wine bottles arranged with fresh white flowers and greenery on a white background, featured on the winery’s Wedding Wine page.

Furleigh Estate

Furleigh Estate A rebuild from the ground up for a celebrated English Sparkling Wine producer When Furleigh Estate came to 5forests, their website was in an unworkable state due to unforeseen and unfortunate circumstances. With no access to the hosting environment and no viable path forward, they needed a new site—built from scratch—that could serve…

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A view of Hugh Hamilton Wines' iconic circular tasting room surrounded by vineyards, overlaid with the text “The Home of the Black Sheep” and a message highlighting 185 years and six generations of winemaking in Australia.

Hugh Hamilton Wines

Hugh Hamilton Wines A digital experience for Australia’s black sheep of wine Hugh Hamilton Wines calls itself the Black Sheep of Australian wine, and with good reason—it’s bold, heritage-driven, and unmistakably different. Based in McLaren Vale, the brand needed a digital experience that could bridge its storied past with the expectations of today’s DTC wine…

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Spy Valley Wines

Spy Valley Wines Structured thinking for a noisy landscape Spy Valley Wines, a family-owned winery in Marlborough, New Zealand, sought to enhance their digital presence to better connect with their local and global audience. They engaged 5forests for strategic guidance and together we embarked on a multi-month collaboration to define and refine their digital marketing…

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TRINK Magazine

TRINK Magazine Elevating ‘umlaut wines’ through digital storytelling TRINK Magazine is the definitive English-language source for stories from German-speaking wine regions—Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and SĂŒdtirol. As a deeply editorial, contributor-driven publication, TRINK needed more than a visual refresh—they needed a platform that could grow with them. 5forests rebuilt TRINK’s site from the ground up. The…

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A screenshot of the home page hero for Wine For Normal People. Text reads, "Wine education that’s fun, easy, and informational? You just found it. How can wine be as easy, interesting, cool, inclusive, and not snotty for as many people as possible? That’s the question I try to answer every day and it’s why Wine for Normal People exists. That’s why you’re here, and I hope that’s why you want to be part of this awesome community of smart, supportive, and dedicated wine lovers who don’t take themselves too seriously. New to wine? Start here." There is a photo of a woman sitting on a couch, smiling and holding a glass of red wine.

Wine For Normal People

Wine For Normal People A digital home for wine without the snobbery When someone’s built a global wine community on honesty, humor, and approachability, their website should reflect exactly that. As longtime collaborators and friends, Polly and Elizabeth approached this project with a shared mission: make wine feel normal—and make the content feel easy to…

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Hillside Winery and Bistro

Hillside Winery & Bistro Custom winery website for a Naramata Icon Hillside Winery & Bistro, a cornerstone of British Columbia’s Naramata Bench, needed a website experience that matched its reputation for small-lot winemaking and acclaimed regional cuisine. As a destination winery with deep local roots and a bistro celebrated for seasonal, shareable plates, Hillside required…

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A smiling man sits at a tasting bar at Tinhorn Creek winery with two glasses of red wine in the foreground, surrounded by wine bottles and decor. Beside the image, text reads: "Wine Tastings & Tours in the Heart of the South Okanagan. Join us for one of our immersive estate experiences and learn the story behind each of our extraordinary wines..."

Tinhorn Creek Vineyards

Tinhorn Creek Vineyards Commerce7 strategy and design for a Canadian classic As part of a yearlong+ partnership with Andrew Peller Limited, 5forests worked closely with internal teams to scope, plan, and implement a smooth transition to Commerce7 across multiple winery brands. Tinhorn Creek, one of the Okanagan Valley’s most recognizable estates, required a digital presence…

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