Halloween doesn’t have to mean bottles with ghouls on the label, or cringe-worthy double entendres…. bottles that have all the subtlety of a hand grenade. Some wines can be harsh, a bit too harsh even for the spookies of guests. Why not try a wine blend. Winemakers will often blend Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot or other wines to make their own special blend.
The Prisoner
The Prisoner offers enticing aromas of Bing cherry, dark chocolate, clove, and roasted fig challenge expectation with persistent flavors of ripe raspberry, boysenberry, pomegranate, and vanilla linger for a smooth finish. The Prisoner winemaking team pushes boundaries as they craft their selection of unexpected, yet artful wines. The Prisoner Wine Co also offers an enticing selection of unique wines including the Blindfold, Cuttings, Saldo, and Thorn.
SAVED Wines Red Blend
SAVED wines represent a collaboration between contemporary artist Scott Campbell and winemaker Clay Brock. SAVED Wines Red Blend created by celebrity tattoo artist Scott Campbell is a fruit-forward red wine that features a chic, cryptographic label perfect for elevated Halloween parties. The cryptographic label offers hidden meanings for the wine drinker to decipher.
SAVED Red wine is a robust blend of Merlot, Malbec, Syrah, Zinfandel, and small amounts of other red varietals curated to add more dimension to the aromatics and rich fruit flavors. It opens with aromas of ripe figs and vanilla followed by jammy flavors of blackberries and spice, all perfected by French-oak aging. Its finish is long and generous.
Vampire Wines
Vampire Vineyards has been crafting high quality wines since 1988. Vampire wines are packaged in dark and mysterious bottles. The history of Vampire Wines goes back to 1988, when the company sold its first 500 bottles to Alice Cooper before beginning distribution in high-end London wine shops. The premium wines are delicious any time of year. The darkly packaged bottles of blood-red wine are also perfectly suited for pairing with a Halloween dinner party or post-trick-or-treat candy raid.
Vampire wines include a full-bodied Cabernet Sauvignon; smooth, medium-bodied Merlot; Pinot noir with enticing aroma of strawberry and raspberry; Vampire Chardonnay, & Pinot Griogio as well as Vampire® Red Winemakers Blend is deep, rich, vampire red in color, and elegant in flavor. Filled with scents of blackberries, plums, black cherries, spice, pepper and earthly secrets, this wine is silky and smooth on the palate leaving you wanting for evermore.
Ravenwood’s BESIEGED Wine
Ravenswood’s spooky, savory limited release wine, BESIEGED makes use of an eerie dark label representing the brand’s first harvest, where flocks of ravens circled overhead. This wine is the perfect housewarming gift to any costume-themed parties. Made from a unique blend of Petite Sirah, Carignane, Zinfandel grapes and more, this full-bodied wine is enticingly aromatic with notes of black cherry, blackberries and baking spices. Resolving into a smooth, satisfying finish, BESIEGED 2014 is sure to be a crowd pleaser!
Dark, rich, full flavors ignite your senses with blackberry, black cherry, and baking spices, resolving into a delicious, smooth, satisfying finish. Full bodied with firm, but fine, tannins.
The Velvet Devil Merlot
The Velvet Devil Merlot is wrapped in a velvet robe. Full with density and bursting with flavor. Dark fruit, cherry, blackberry. Brimming with cedar, pipe tobacco and earth. Charles Smith Wines creates full-flavored wines that are true to variety and place of origin, and meant to be enjoyed right away.