Orin Swift vs The Prisoner Wine Company

Sunday, January 19, 2020.  4:00 pm

Orin Swift’s winemaker, Dave Phinney, made the first Prisoner wine in 2000 with a 385 case production. The wine soon had a cult following and Phinney sold the Zinfandel blend and a few other labels in 2010 to The Prisoner Wine Company for $40 million. The Prisoner Wine Company was then bought by Constellation in 2016 for $285 million and case production increased to 165,000. Join us as we blind taste five wines from Orin Swift and five wines from The Prisoner Wine Company side by side to determine who makes the better wines. We’re skipping the wimpy whites and doing all reds and including the high end Mercury Head Cabernet and Derange Red Blend. Don’t miss this fantastic lineup.

The Wines:
Orin Swift, Eight Years in the desert vs The Prisoner Wine Company, The Prisoner.

Orin Swift, Mercury Head Cabernet Sauvignon vs The Prisoner Wine Company, Derange Red Blend.

Orin Swift, Slander Pinot Noir vs The Prisoner Wine Company, Eternally Silenced Pinot Noir.

Orin Swift, Palermo Cabernet Sauvignon vs The Prisoner Wine Company, Cuttings Cabernet Sauvignon.

Orin Swift, Abstract Red Blend vs The Prisoner Wine Company, Saldo Zinfandel.

$65 per person. Tax and gratuity included.
Sunday, January 19, 2020.
4pm
574.968.0471 for reservations.