The Diplomat

Sammanfattning: This project started out of love for the enjoyment of healthy food. A summer in France opened up my world to the wonderful beverage that is natural wine and the beautiful process of making it. But, there is a strong critical agenda in the Nordic countries, and the natural wine has not gotten a warm welcome. I found a potential to increase interest by introducing natural wine in a new way that could be attractive to the skeptics. The problem is strong conventional ideas. And in order to be successful, the project needed to show the authentic ways of natural wine. The aim of a farmer working with natural wine is not to make a product of status but one that is plain delicious by not being manipulated in any way. Nothing added or taken away from the fermented grape juice. Inspired by amphora vessels I felt there were potential to elaborate on the shapes and materials of the vessels in which wine is served. Through my research, I saw a way forward by going back to the roots, clay. Through input from experts in the fields of wine and dine, user test and a lot of trial and error the project became a product. In a collaboration with Malmö based ceramicists, I found a vessel that could turn everything we know about transparent wine glasses on its head. Former head sommelier at Noma, Pontus Elofsson gave the final verdict and put these words to the drinking experience: “its delicate, big, round, elegant and nuanced”.