Big House Red, named for the nearby Soledad Prison, is a lively, spicy wine that could be either a Rhone blend or an Italian blend.

The Soledad Prison was three miles (5 km) north of the city until annexed in 1992.

Chalone's origins go back to the turn of the century, when vines were first planted on the remote mountain site behind the Soledad Prison in the Salinas Valley.

April 24 - Several artists, including Joan Baez and Santana, perform at a free concert for 653 inmates of California's Soledad Prison.

But she said she still feared that he would be freed from Soledad Prison someday.

In 1952, Irwin robbed a gas station and served a five year prison term for armed robbery in Soledad Prison.

He was transferred to Soledad Prison in Soledad, California in January 1972, from which he escaped on March 5, 1973.

A little farther up the valley stands Soledad Prison and the no-frills agricultural town of the same haunting, fateful name.

On Tuesday a prison board is expected to add extend his sentence by six months for breaking windows at Soledad Prison.

In Soledad Prison, inmates heard the grand jury's ruling on the prison radio.