Beverage brand strategy, identity & packaging

Build a beverage brand that works as one connected system.

For founders and innovation teams creating a new drink, evolving an existing brand or turning an approved strategy into packaging.

Experience across

VivinoWine-SearcherJancisRobinson.comDecanterLVMHTrinchero Family EstatesGrupo Peñaflor

Led by Flor Gómez — connecting technical product knowledge, commercial strategy, editorial thinking, branding and packaging.

The challenge

A beverage brand cannot be built through disconnected decisions.

When consumer, occasion, proposition, price and channel point in different directions, the brand gets harder to understand and grow.
Novelty wins attention. Credibility, meaning and lasting equity are the harder task.
Connect the decisions early — before fragmentation becomes expensive to fix.

What you leave with

Decisions you own, in documents you can hand over.

The boundary

Beverage brand development is not formulation, manufacturing or regulatory approval.

It is the layer that tells those specialists what to make, who it is for and why the product deserves to exist. You leave with decisions, assets and briefs ready for formulation, co-packing and regulatory partners.

Flor owns

Opportunity, proposition, positioning, brand platform, identity, packaging and launch direction.

Specialists own

Formula validation, ingredient sourcing, compliance, production trials, manufacturing contracts and final regulatory approval.

01 · What you get

One connected system

Opportunity, positioning, brand, identity, packaging and launch direction — handed over as working files you own, not slides you cannot edit.

02 · How long it takes

6 to 10 weeks

Depending on scope and how many decisions are already made. You get the timeline in the first reply, not after a discovery call.

03 · What it costs

From £2,000

A fixed fee for a fixed scope, agreed before anything begins — never an open meter. The number comes with the first reply.

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What we connect

The decisions behind a brand people can understand, choose and remember.

01 · Opportunity

Opportunity

Category, consumer, occasion and commercial role.

Closes with · Opportunity brief

02 · Proposition

Proposition

What the drink offers, why it matters and how it is different.

Closes with · Proposition

03 · Brand

Brand

Positioning, central idea, story, messages and voice.

Closes with · Brand platform

04 · Identity

Identity

A distinctive visual and verbal system built to travel.

Closes with · Identity system

05 · Packaging

Packaging

Format, hierarchy, master design and portfolio logic.

Closes with · Packaging system

06 · Launch

Launch

The narrative and briefs that coordinate the next partners.

Closes with · Launch direction

Grand Crew Matcha can and packaging built as one product and brand system
Applied decision systemGrand Crew Matcha: occasion, proposition, format and pack hierarchy resolved as one system rather than four separate briefs.

How projects begin

Build only what is missing.

Every engagement begins with an included Alignment Gate — existing work is reviewed first, usable inputs are kept, and only the missing decisions are built. It is not sold as a standalone audit.

01 · Understand

Review the product, existing work, commercial ambition and the decisions still unresolved.

02 · Confirm

Keep the inputs that are ready. Identify the smallest bridge needed before execution.

03 · Build

Combine only the strategic and creative modules the next meaningful outcome requires.

04 · Prepare

Leave with clear decisions, assets and briefs that can guide production and launch.

Finca Ambrosia bottle in the brand world referenced by the client review

“Her marketing experience and imaginative thinking brought new possibilities. She made a significant impact and launched a new brand identity and website within four months.”

John Paterson · Finca Ambrosia
Flor Gómez, beverage brand strategist

Why Flor

Product understanding, commercial judgment and brand thinking in the same room.

Flor Gómez works across decisions that usually sit with separate specialists — technical wine and product knowledge, export and commercial strategy, writing and editorial thinking, branding, packaging and digital. The value is not more information; it is knowing what matters, what connects, and what the brand should do next.

  • Trained oenologist with nine harvests across Argentina, Napa, Burgundy and Croatia.
  • Three years managing wine brands and export markets from the producer side.
  • Brand and digital work spanning Vivino, Wine-Searcher, JancisRobinson.com, Decanter, LVMH and Grupo Peñaflor.

Explore my experience

Start a project

Tell me what you are building — and what still needs to be decided.

You do not need a finished brief. Start with the product stage, the commercial ambition and the decisions that feel unresolved. I answer myself, within 48 working hours. Engagements start from £2,000, typically 6–10 weeks.

What stage are you at?

No finished brief needed. Flor replies personally within 48 working hours.

The occasion lens

People do not choose beverages by category. They choose what fits the moment.

A dinner, a cooler and a morning ritual can put wine, RTDs, matcha, coffee and adult soft drinks into the same competitive set. Occasion gives product, brand, packaging and launch one shared direction.

Why occasion of consumption matters
A tray bringing wine, a canned drink, coffee and matcha into the same beverage occasion
Dinner · a competitive set
Chilled bottles served from a red cart in an outdoor social setting
Portable social drinking
Finca Ambrosia in a hospitality setting
Hospitality and place
Friends sharing a Vale matcha and Grand Crew coffee outdoors
Morning energy
Wine, coffee, matcha and an aperitivo arranged on a casual outdoor table
Shared refreshment