The Prisoner is one of Napa’s most popular wines. It also glamorizes something ugly: incarceration

There is no winery in Napa Valley like the Prisoner Wine Co. Amid all the valley’s visually redundant wineries, the Prisoner stands out as starkly modern — a sleek, horizontal monolith on Highway 29 in St. Helena. The surrounding Tuscan villas, faux chateaux and palatial farmhouses feel prudish by comparison. Inside the Prisoner’s tasting room,…

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