Camuna Cellars "City Glou" Chambourcin 2021

Press 4 Red • July 2023 Direct Press Selection Eli Silins began his wine journey back in 2004 at a biodynamic winery in Australia. In 2013 he started making wine in California, and in 2019 he and his wife moved from Berkeley to Philadelphia. “I started making wine in California and didn’t really think too much about hybrids as there were so many vinifera varieties to explore. When I moved to Philadelphia, you couldn’t talk about local wine without mention of Chambourcin, which I had never even heard of until then. I started to learn more about the predominant hybrids grown in the region.. Cayuga white, Vidal blanc, Chambourcin, Traminette.. I’ve always been excited about regionality and lesser known varieties, how a place and its produce become intertwined. Hybrid grapes offer a chance to develop that relationship in a growing region where that relationship is still being discovered. There’s an opportunity to grow grapes here that work in this environment and can speak of this place."