Practical Founders Red - Samuel Zenas Ammen -2022 Red Wine - Nappa Valley

Samuel Zenas Ammen joined Kappa Alpha in 1866 as a serious, disciplined young man, a veteran, and a Master Mason well versed in the power of ceremony and tradition. He found the fraternity's original ritual somewhat lacking, later recalling it had "nothing to touch the imagination of initiates nor stir their fancy." Rather than walk away, Ammen threw himself into reshaping it: meeting late into the night with fellow brothers, gathering ideas from chapter discussions and essays, and weaving in the inspiration of ancient chivalric orders. Piece by piece, he built a ritual, constitution, and set of symbols that transformed a small student society into what has been an enduring Order. These efforts earned him the title of Practical Founder of Kappa Alpha Order.