What is a CSA?

CSA generally stands for
Community Supported Agriculture.
In t hat kind of CSA , members pay a farmer up front for a share in the summer's crops. Every week they get a bag of produce from the farmer representative of whatever the farm is producing at that time. Participants develop a more intimate relationship to the food they eat and where it comes from, as well as having an opportunity to learn about the farm and see how it all comes together.

In our Wine CSA,
CSA stands for:
Community Supported Alcohol
Rather than receiving produce, members get a mix of super limited sometimes sparkling, fruit and flower wines and meads made at our winery in upstate NY.
Each case of 12 750ml bottles are different . and includes a variety of whatever it is that is ready to drink at the moment. Drop off's are irregular, generally ever 4-6 months or so- about 2 or 3 a year.

Our wines are always natural living wines, unfiltered and unsulfited, organic when possible and use only NY state ingrediants.
They are made in a "gravity" winery- which means that we dont even use pumps. The goal is to make the most cutting edge and exciting wines with the oldest and simplest methods.

This year members first case was a mix of dry sparkling organic apple wine, Last Gift of my Daemon Lover and it variation an elderberry and cherry infused sparkling apple mead Cuvee Anguis Singularum , The winter drop off will consist of a stone cherry wine, "dagger" , the The Wild Melaides a wild yeasted apple wine, cold cellared and still, as well as an elderberry and mixed currant wine.

Each bottle is numbered and the labels are designed and silkscreened or colored by hand.

For the members
there is great savings financially, and almost everything the participants get is NOT available in stores, even here in New York. But better yet is the opportunity to have a close relationship with the beverages that bring so much joy to your friends and family. Historically this was the way people would drink wine or beer- it was always a local affair and an intimate one.

Each year the CSA is limited to a few dozen members so that new wines in micro production (Such as the dandilion infused spring tonic Memento Mori I am working on now) can be available to every participant. Members can learn to bottle, follow the production over the web, and get a chance to taste new wines that are being developed at different stages of their life span.

Pickups (generally in Brooklyn and Manhattan ) are festive events where you can meet like minded mead and wine enthusiasts interested in radical wine practice.

We look forward to you joining us in the coming year.
FOR MORE INFO ON PRICES AND LOGISTICS
PLEASE READ THE FAQ

WARNING:
THE CSA TENDS TO BE SOLD OUT.
If you want to be the first to know about openings (it happens every now and then) or when we expand things in general send an email to newreleases AT enlightenmentwines DOT com

we will add you to the wait list- meanwhile join the facebook and we can stay in touch that way as well.
... On occasion we do make special things available to the public, this email list and the facebook page
are the best way to find out.