Summum

What they make

• Summum was incorporated in Utah in 1975 as a nonprofit that teaches its philosophy, and it received the first wine manufacturing license Utah issued, in 1981.^[3][1][4]
• Its nectars are made inside the pyramid from what Summum describes as an ancient pre-Egyptian formula: they rest for 77 days, then age for one to fifteen years.^[2][1]
• Summum calls each nectar a "publication" because, in its teaching, the wine carries spiritual concepts; it says it has made nine of a planned 27.^[2]
• The nectars are meant as a sacrament for Summum's meditation practice, with a small amount drunk just before meditating.^[2]

Visiting

We couldn't confirm taproom or tasting-room details from a source yet. Check their website or call before you go.

Bottles to go

• There is nothing to buy: Summum told the Tribune it does not sell wine and may use it only in its religious practice.^[1]
• Summum says the nectars are available only to people who have learned its beginning meditation.^[2]

Utah lets a brewery, winery or distillery sell its own packaged products on site through a “Type 5” package agency^[5]; anything else comes from a state liquor store.

What locals say

• The Salt Lake Tribune looked into why a pyramid in the Poplar Grove neighborhood holds a wine license, and explained it as a religious sacrament, much as other faiths use wine.^[1]

Summarized in our words from local press and reader polls. We don't copy reviews.