Wine bottle packaging and carrier formed of cardboard sheet

A sheet of corrugated cardboard or paper board cut into a pre-defined shape for folding into a package for bottles, the package including a box shaped lower portion and a flat handle portion joined to and extending vertically from the top side of the box shaped lower portion, the sheet having a plurality of pre-formed fold lines dividing the sheet into a plurality of sections and subsections, including:

• a first section, including a first subsection for forming a bottom panel of the box shaped lower portion of the package, two second subsections joined to two opposite sides of the first subsection for forming first and second side walls of the box shaped lower portion, and two third subsections each joined to a respective second subsection for forming a folding tab;
• a second section joined to the first section, including a first subsection for forming third side wall of the box shaped lower portion, and two second subsections joined to two opposite sides of the first subsection;
• wherein the first subsection of the first section and the first subsection of the second section define a first cutout having a circular shape;
• a third section joined to the second section, including a first subsection for forming a part of a top panel of the box shaped lower portion, and two second subsections joined to two opposite sides of the first subsection for forming folding tabs;
• a fourth section joined to the third section for forming the handle portion of the package;
• wherein the first subsection of the third section and the fourth section define a second cutout, the second cutout having a half-circular portion located within the first subsection of the third section and an elongated portion located within the fourth section;
• wherein the fourth section further defining a third cutout;
• a fifth section joined to the fourth section for forming the handle portion of the package, wherein the fifth section defining a fourth cutout;
• a sixth section joined to the fifth section, including a first subsection for forming a part of a top panel of the box shaped lower portion, and two second subsections joined to two opposite sides of the first subsection for forming folding tabs;
• a seventh section joined to the sixth section, including a first subsection for forming fourth side wall of the box shaped lower portion, and two second subsections joined to two opposite sides of the first subsection;
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• an eighth section joined to the seventh section for forming the bottle panel of the box shaped lower portion.