The Extradimensional Life Extradimensional Wine Co. Yeah!

In 2024, many wine businesses are at a crossroads as they face shifting consumer demographics and market uncertainties. At the same time, the world is in the midst of an emerging psychedelic renaissance, and there has been an increase in chatter and some strategic messaging of psychedelics as a replacement to alcohol. We have been curious about this phenomenon.

In this episode we talk to psychedelic psychotherapist, Melissa Whippo about: what the wine business can learn from the legal and therapeutic psychedelic space, what lies beneath “wine mom culture,” how to shift into right relation with alcohol and other substances, and ultimately how to bring ourselves closer to that which has the potential to make our lives more beautiful. 

Our guest is Melissa Whippo. Melissa is a psychedelic assisted psychotherapist based in Oakland, CA. She combines her expertise in Women's Health, Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy, and Sacred Plant Wisdom to provide healing pathways for her patients. She is also a writer with recent work appearing in the Washington Post. Melissa has taught at the UCSF School of Medicine, has been a lead trainer for psychedelic assisted psychotherapy programs at the Ketamine Training Center, Inbodied Life, and 1440 Multiversity. She has taught modules on Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy and Women’s Health for Journey Clinical. She has also presented at SXSW on Holistic Approaches to Psychedelic Training. Melissa worked for over a decade at UCSF Medical Center providing therapeutic support for pregnant and postpartum patients and co-founded the acclaimed Afterglow Postpartum Support Group. Melissa is a researcher and founder of Deva Collective, which is a Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) fiscally sponsored non-profit that is pioneering psychedelic research for Women’s Health. 

For more information on Melissa and her work

https://www.devacollective.org

https://melissawhippo.com

In this episode we talk to Tom about how he found his way into the major leagues of wine in a short period of time, the importance of persistence, and putting lesser known vineyards on the map. We also share more details about our joint open house coming up next weekend, Saturday, May 11 from 1-4pm at the neighboring Darling and Extradimensional Wine Tasting Rooms in downtown Sonoma.

- For more information on Darling Wines https://www.darlingwines.com



- For tickets to our joint open house on 5/11/24

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/extradimensional-wine-co-yeah-darling-wines-open-house-tickets-890702494137?aff=oddtdtcreator



- For Reservations to our Valley Bar & Bottle Dinner

https://www.exploretock.com/valleybarandbottle/event/482420/darling-wines-x-extradimensional-wine-co-yeah-upvalley

In this episode we talk to Joel about growing up in a family of organic farmers in California’s central valley, his path to winemaking, his best day ever, and how art can’t be made by committee. Joel is truly an extradimensional human, and this is felt throughout our conversation, as he discusses his approach to the dynamic range of Las Jaras wines, music, and Ohio style pizza.  



For information on Las Jaras Wines-

https://lasjaraswines.com/

In this episode we speak with Jill and Steve about farming, orange wine, what Napa will look like in 25yrs, and why wine matters.



For more info on Matthiasson, go to https://www.matthiasson.com/

Tune into this inspiring episode where brewer, winemaker ,Nick Gislason talks to us about Hanabi Lager Co, Japanese fireworks, and the parallels to winemaking.

Hanabi Lager Co.

https://hanabilager.com/

This episode features Jasmine Hirsch, General Manager and Winemaker of Hirsch Vineyards in the Fort Ross Seaview AVA on the far Sonoma Coast. In this episode, we talk to Jasmine about her family's acclaimed vineyard and winery on the West Sonoma Coast, her role in illuminating balanced and nuanced California wines, her transition stepping into her current role as winemaker at Hirsch, and what is on her heart as she looks to the future.



For more information on Hirsch Vineyards

https://www.hirschvineyards.com/