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“A seed takes root, unfolding from youth. Capturing of time and place. Its nostalgic essence manifesting in maturity.”

Binah Winery’s Founding Winemaker: Kevin Danna

A native of Southern California’s historic Cucamonga-Guasti Wine District, Binah Winery’s founding winemaker, Kevin Danna, now finds himself making wine where his great-grandfathers once did: Pennsylvania. A former assistant winemaker at the Lehigh Valley’s famed Pinnacle Ridge Winery, Kevin was mentored by vintner Brad Knapp, who happened to be a master of Méthode Champenoise sparkling wine production. Kevin received a college-level education in the sciences of enology and viticulture after earlier undergraduate studies in architectural engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. He started off as a home winemaker in 2014, but quickly climbed the ladder to establish PA’s premier kosher winery in 2019. Before finding a passion for winemaking, Kevin’s prior career in architectural lighting design left the lasting influence of an elite design philosophy, which continues to shape Kevin’s approach to winemaking as an art and a science.

“My mission is to not only offer you handcrafted fine wine, but to bring it to you from real artisans, wrapped in the package of dependable quality, exceptional service, and accessibility. These ingredients combine to form an experience that is truly divine.“

Binah Winery is a small, boutique winery specializing in the production of certified-kosher wines from the cool-climate East Coast region of the United States. It is an urban winery located in Allentown, PA. It is the outgrowth of what started in 2014 as a home winemaking project with family and friends in Kevin’s cellar, much in the same way as his great-grandfathers did before him. Binah Winery went commercial for the 2019 harvest season at a small vineyard in Easton, PA, and sold its first bottle of wine in March 2020 upon relocating to its current facility in the heart of Allentown.

Binah (pronounced Bee-nah) is Understanding: the power to distinguish between one idea and another. It is representative of the contemplative mind, a palace of mirrors, a place in thought where ideas are fully developed. We chose the name Binah for our winery because we see these attributes reflected in the culture of winemaking. Grapes have been grown in a yearly cycle stretching back to ancient times. Generations upon generations have come and gone. In every year the grapes capture a reflection of time and place, are picked from the vine, and made into wine. The reflection evolves into a story, its nostalgic essence manifesting in maturity.