The Prisoner Wine Label

Critics have scored this wine 90 pointsstores and prices for the prisoner wine co. Constellation buys the prisoner wine company for 285 million.

Orin Swift Cellars The Napa Wine Project

The prisoner wine company.

The prisoner wine label. The grapes for this wine are sourced from high quality vineyards throughout the napa valley. We find solace in whats different and we dont stand on ceremony. Though the brand was recently sold it was the prisoner wine that launched orin swift and defined the look.

The label on their flagship wine is an etching of a prisoner drawn by the famous artist goya phinney was introduced to this piece from a print his parents had given him as a present. We take an unconventional approach to winemaking by working with impassioned growers to source varietals from vineyards and appellations across california. The prisoner label looks like a creepy allegory for this captivating zinfandel blend but its based on an etching the little prisoner by one of spains most famous painters francisco de goya.

Till vintage 2012 this wine was produced by orin swift cellars. Years later in 2000 it became the inspiration for the label of his award winning wine the prisonernamed after goyas etching la petite prisonier. Wine label hall of fame.

The prisoner napa valley. Behind the edgy look of orin swift wines. Cabernet petite charbono and grenache.

However wine labels are an important part of how a wine might be marketed and perceived by the consumer and so they do yield quite a bit of power both on the shelf and on the table. Phinney crafted a contemporary version of the california field blendzinfandel with portions of cabernet sauvignon syrah petite sirah and charbono. The piece was given to him by his educated and cultured parents when he was 12 years old.

The prisoner is a modern day wine success story launched by orin swift founder dave phinney in 2000. A wine for wall street this season the prisoner. A great wine label can indicate the origins of the wine or in the case of our first inductee.

Under constellation the prisoner wine company which includes phinneys original prisoner label and several others is now coming up with more prisoner style red blends.

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