Accolades

Spellbound Wines, specifically the Petite Sirah, have received a warm welcome into the industry from their inception in 2002.

• Geoff Whitman was just featured, on “WMUR News” in New Hampshire. This segment featured a food & wine pairing with the Spellbound Chardonnay and a “Scallops Casino” dish, prepared by a local chef—for New Hampshire “Wine Week.” Click HERE to view the clip. (January 25, 2010)
• 2007 Spellbound Petite Sirah Reserve received 92+ points from Robert Parker Jr, in The Wine Advocate (#186, Dec 2009)
• 2006 Spellbound Cabernet Sauvignon was recommended in Desert Living, a lifestyle magazine from Phoenix.  There is a nice bottle shot of Spellbound with the following review: "The brooding name and label stirs memories of a hypnotist at the State Fair many years ago. But corn dogs are not the pairing here. This is a serious beef wine with aggressive tannins and an earthy and fruit-forward palate." (March 2009)
• 2003 Spellbound Petite Sirah recommended in the Washington Post. (August 2006)
  
  
• Spellbound Chardonnay is recommended by Steven Raichlen in the Food & Wine Magazine. (June 2006)
  
  
• At the Twin Cities Wine Festival, the Spellbound 2002 Petite Sirah was chosen as the Best Value of Red Wine.
  
  
• The San Antonio Wine Festival awarded the silver medal to the Spellbound 2002 Petite Sirah.
  
  
• At the Atlanta High Museum of Art (“Oscars of Wine”) event, the Spellbound 2002 Petite Sirah was picked as Best Red Wine under $15. (2006)
  
  
• Spellbound wines were focused on as a Wine to Watch in the Midwest Wine Connection, with the praise, “The wines are distinctly California and are very good! They are full bodied and full of life!” The Spellbound 2002 Petite Sirah was given four grapes and described as, “Wonderfully inviting nose of blackberry fruit. Sturdy flavors and a spicy finish.” (2006)