Since then, the George Town husband and wife team have not just managed to somehow strengthen the inseparable bond that already exists between wine and cheese, but also find a perfect use for something the state has in abundance - empty wine bottles. 

Using the aforementioned purchase – a second-hand furnace – the duo melt down recycled bottles which are then reincarnated as cheeseboards or candle holders.

“We saw an idea while we were on holiday for our honeymoon and thought “we live in the wine region, we have 34 vineyards in our local area, so why not recycle a product that can't be used any more?”,” Mrs Clark said. 

A recent partnership with Pipers Brook Vineyard has allowed the Clarks to collect the vineyard’s tasting room bottles and refashion them for a new existence.

Mrs Clark said every cheeseboard was unique despite the relatively identical nature of the bottles prior to transformation.

“It's a really slow process, it takes about 12 hours to flatten a bottle.

“Every bottle is different, every bottle is unique, we can't guarantee or know exactly how something is going to come down so they're all different.”

Flat Out Bottles Tasmania’s products are available in shops across Northern Tasmania and through the business’s Facebook and Instagram pages.