ph: Molly Nadav

In Northeast Philadelphia there’s a two-room urban winery making wine, mead, and cider using locally sourced fruit, and it’s all kosher. Camuna Cellars is the project of Eli Silins, a former California winemaker who moved to Pennsylvania with his wife in 2019 and used his creativity and expertise to explore local wine grapes and produce lighter styles, including experimenting with grapes, apples, honey and their different combinations. Eli’s overall aim is to “support best practice agriculture and minimal intervention in the cellar, and work with nature to co-create interesting fermented beverages that are good for the land, the body, and the soul.”