Taking a break from your regularly scheduled programming to hang out with you lovely people, and talk about the 2024 Iruai Spring Release (live on the website today!).

The new wines include:

2023 'Shasta-Cascade' White

2023 Oregon Rosé

2023 'Road Opener' Savagnin Rose Musqué

2023 'Bloom Phase' Red

2022 'Steelhead Run' Syrah

LINKS:

Buy some wine: https://iruaiwine.com/wine

So excited to have on the delightful Eric Moorer of Gemini in Washington D.C. and the "Crooked Crown" Substack. We talk about the state of wine retail, and hybridizing wine shops and bars. Eric has a really eloquent way of sensing the musicality in wine, and we explore the idea of "sonic terroir" in individual wines and wider wine regions. We also delve into his new substack: "Crooked Crown," and what inspired him to start it up. No spooky stories today, but Eric humored me and let me give him a tarot reading . . . spoiler alert: it's going to be a good year for the man.    LINKS   Gemini - https://www.happygeminidc.com Crooked Crown - https://crookedcrown.substack.com

I'm so excited to have my friend Hardy Wallace on the show. It's no exaggeration to say that I most likely wouldn't be making wine today if it weren't for this man. Hardy has an infectious way of tapping into all the reasons wine should be celebrated and shared, and an ever pioneering perspective on what wine can be. Hardy and his wife Kate make the incredible Extradimensional Wine Co. Yeah! wines, and you can now go taste with them in person at their groovy tasting room in Sonoma. 

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Beaming to you live from the beautiful city of Telos, below the majestic Mount Shasta, behold the first episode of Psychic Terroir . . . a wine podcast about the mystery of wine, and all of its wondrous and strange qualities that can't be deduced on an Advanced Sommelier Exam, or quantified into a magazine's number score. 

Extradimensional Wine Co. Yeah! - https://winecoyeah.com/

The Extradimensional Life Podcast- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-extradimensional-life/id1727003735

Song - Jonathan Wilson: "Desert Raven" off the album Gentle Spirit - https://www.songsofjonathanwilson.com

Beaming to you live from the beautiful city of Telos, below the magestic Mount Shasta, behold the first episode of Psychic Terroir . . . a wine podcast about the mystery of wine, and all of its wondrous and strange qualities that can't be deduced on an Advanced Sommelier Exam, or quantified into a magazine's number score. 

I couldn't ask for a more appropriate first guest, Adam Vourvoulis is a dear friend, and a fanstastic winemaker under the moniker Vin de California in Pasadena. Adam and his wife Kate also run a great bottle shop and market called Altadena. We get real, and talk about the complicated reality of the wine business, annoying rich people, and developing a Boomer pallet in our ripe old age. We also talk about time — you know, like the concept — consumption, and midfulness time travel.

 

Vin de California Wine - https://www.instagram.com/vdcwine/

Altadena Beverage and Market - https://www.altadenabev.com

Song - Jonathan Wilson: "Desert Raven" off the album Gentle Spirit - https://www.songsofjonathanwilson.com