Friends- Our Podcast is here!
We have a 2min intro episode and then our 2024 Winter Release Preview. Check it out!
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That would be one of the events of the year for sure!
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Listened to the podcasts today. Hardy should sell gummies to snack on while listening! 
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Ha! The conversation is wine, but the background music is Ketamine therapy 
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And it was the music that (mostly) made me think about the gummies.
Yeah!, wait wat?
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I enjoyed the podcast, but one small piece of feedback. The audio needs to go through ānormalizationā to set the gain levels appropriately. Itās currently way too low, requiring us to really crank the volume to hear the content. Not a huge deal, but when that next podcast comes on right after it really makes you jump! 
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Thanks for the info @Bweiss . Quick question- I uploaded new versions (normalized) around 1pm PT today. Did you listen before that or after that? Iām hoping the new versions are better.
Ah, it was before. Ignore me!
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No worries. Let me know if they are better if you listen again! Sorry for the first round
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No worries. Content was great and you and your wife both l have great voices.
I just nearly went extradimensional when the next podcast automatically queued up in the car and I had the volume so high 
Itās a common podcast issue. Several episodes of The Black Wine Guy podcast have volume problems.
The winter offers were too hard to pass up - EWCY has become the bottles we pull when we just want something completely out of left field. The Dude Ranch and Partial Eclipse just sounded right up our alley.
@H_Wallace_Jr - your copy is just great and I really hope many winemakers here on WB can learn.
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Thanks so much. Those are awesome and super fun wines. The Partial is wild and wonderful, and the Dude Ranch Red is wide open and delicious.
Thank you. A lot of the writing credit goes to Kate. I throw out some ideas and she makes them sound good.
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The updated versions are better. Still quiet, but that really suits the overall mood.
2021 Nightlight Red: loved this blend; a fairly mellow mix, like āHome at Lastā off Steely Danās Aja. Weirdly, the next day when we had an excellent 2007 Raffault Picasses I was struck by how similar the experiences were ā not in taste, of course: Nightlight had a lot more primary flavors of course ā but in timbre and liquidness and emotional resonance. Nightlight seems āwise beyond its yearsā if that makes any sense. If it doesnāt, maybe the CT review below makes it a little clearer:
1.5 hr decant. A delightfully light expression of three varieties (MourvĆØdre, Carignan, Zinfandel) not always associated with gracefulness. This still had tell tale smokiness and a sort of corned beef cured tone that offset the extremely fresh blackberry scents and tastes. As with so many of EWCY! Wines, thereās a lovely low viscosity and solid acidity that gives this a trademark lift. At the same time this went extremely well with burgers and melted Gouda.
Score: 92. Relative to expectations: ++
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All the wonderful notes here got me interested in Extradimensional Wine Company Yeah! And then the podcast dropped, and then BerserkerDay 15, and soon enough I got my first 6 pack to try out these wines.
Opened the 2021 Family Band to try out first. Really lovely red and I can already tell this is right up my alley stylistically. Powerful aromatics, and everything is lifted with great acidity, but also some structure here for ageability and a seriousness to the wine. If served blind Iād have guessed Beaujolais and specifically a Morgon from a top producer. That lifted acidity with structured core just screams Beaujolais to me, yet I know the wine is a blend of three grapes, none of which is gamay! Thereās an old world sensibility here too that I love, and something I rarely see from California. Bravo. The wine just keeps getting better, and more complex, with air so Iām going to sip this one slow and keep checking back in.
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Popped and poured a Sandler 2018 BD13 CuvƩe Pinot Noir last evening. It very much was a YEAH! wine.
Thank you! So glad you dug the Family Band! I love that one.
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Despite 500 some odd bottles to choose from, I keep finding myself gravitating to these Extradimensional bottles. Iām just so intrigued by them, and Iām a sucker for aroma which these wines deliver unlike anything else in the cellar.
Tonightās wine is the 2022 Old Vine Grenache. The wine pours a pale rose color, really unique. Immediately aromas build and leap from the glass. Starts with a bit of a fruit punch-like aroma, but with a few minutes of air deepens to something more earthy, maybe even grassy. Its awesome.
On the palette the acid is just perfect, and thereās more structure here than the color would imply, suggesting a good life ahead in the cellar. Thereās fruit and mineral drive in the wine, and itās really enjoyable. My wife turned to me after the first sip and said, āwhat is this?!ā āGrenache, I reply.ā āI REALLY like it,ā she follows.
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