Summary

Ahead of Season Seven, we have an announcement!

We’re finally launching subscriptions – a very exciting moment as we aim to take Wine Blast to the next level and spread EVEN MORE wine love around.

Subscribers to Wine Blast PLUS will receive Early Access to all episodes as well as Archive Access as our back catalogue becomes subscriber-only. We’ll also be throwing in the occasional bonus episode just for subscribers. You can even buy membership as a gift for the wine lover in your life.

Those who join Wine Blast Plus will also be enabling Wine Blast to continue and grow.

It takes an absurd amount of work to make the show happen, as loyal listeners will know. And it’s just us.

With your backing, we can start to think about more regular or new kinds of episodes to community features, video content and beyond. The sky’s the limit! But we need your support to make it happen.

To subscribe, follow this link to Wine Blast Plus.

It’s all very straightforward and there should be no change to your listening experience.

We’re also offering Early Birds a 15% discount on initial headline subscription prices. Just use the promo code magnum25 – and it’s a time-limited offer, so don’t hang around!

If you do have any questions or issues, please contact help@supportingcast.fm

Links etc

• To subscribe or just find out more, click this link to Wine Blast Plus
• NB: If you listen in Apple Podcasts, the subscriber-only content won’t show up there if you haven’t yet taken out a subscription. Head over to Wine Blast Plus, sign up, and all your wonderful subscriber benefits, from Early Access to Archive Access and Bonus Content, will magically appear.
• We’re launching subscriptions in partnership with Supporting Cast – if you have any problems or questions, please email help@supportingcast.fm
• Here’s the Wine Blast back catalogue, some of which will be going subscriber only in due course
• Do check out and subscribe to our YouTube channel, where there’s all sorts of fun content including all our freely available Wine Blast episodes
• You can find our podcast on all major audio players: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon and beyond. If you’re on a mobile, the button below will redirect you automatically to this episode on an audio platform on your device. (If you’re on a PC or desktop, it will just return you to this page – in which case, get your phone out! Or find one of the above platforms on your browser.)

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Transcript

This transcript was AI generated. It’s not perfect.

Susie: Hello and thanks for tuning in to Wine Blast. Ahead of Season Seven, we have an announcement to make! We’ve said we’re going to do it a few times, but now in mid-2025 we’ve finally bitten the bullet and we have introduced subscriptions. So this is a very exciting moment and we are calling our subscriber club Wine Blast PLUS.

Peter: Now, first thing to say is thank you if you’re subscribing to Wine Blast Plus. In doing so you’re supporting the show and enabling it to continue and thrive. As I’m sure you regular listeners, are very aware, an absurd amount of work goes into making Wine Blast happen. From detailed planning and epic research to in depth interviews, transcription, scripting, recording, painstaking editing and production, comprehensive show notes and tasting notes, creative promotion, and it’s just us doing this on top of all the other work we do.

Susie: Now this is not a cap in hand moment, but we do need to make the show sustainable in the long term. Not only that, but we’d love to grow the Wine Blast offering, which is something we can do in many ways, from more regular or new kinds of episodes to community features, video content and beyond. And in order to do all of that, we need your support. And subscriptions are the best way forward.

Peter: Yeah, I mean we’ve never wanted to overload you with ads, some other show and we want to remain as independent as we can. So we’re embracing subscriptions to help keep Wine Blast growing and improving. Now, we’re deliberately taking it slow and steady to start with, but the subscriber benefits we’re offering as we launch include early access, so you’ll get every episode a couple of days early, including multi parters and archive access. So our back catalogue starting with season one will become subscriber only.

Susie: We’ll also be throwing in the occasional subscriber only bonus episodes and we’re kicking that off with Hugh Johnson Uncut, the full version of the interview we recorded with wine legend Hugh Johnson. It’s eye opening, funny and thought provoking in the best possible way. So a good reason right there to sign up.

Peter: Now if this all goes to plan, the idea is to introduce more subscriber benefits further down the line, potentially things like a community chat with competitions and giveaways, book discounts, a newsletter or bonus video content. But that all depends on uptake. So here’s hoping this will all take off.

Susie: So what does all this mean for you, our loyal listeners? Well if you don’t want to become a subscriber, that’s absolutely fine. You can still enjoy the show as you’ve always done. But if you are up for subscribing and gaining that early access and other benefits, here’s what you need to do.

Peter: Right, you head to wineblast.co.uk. that’s wineblast.co.uk. You’ll find a quick link in our show notes for this trailer, choose your subscription plan, pop in your details, pay your dues and you’re in. From there it’s just a couple of clicks to install your subscriber feed into your listening platform of choice. All done in the blink of an eye.

Susie: For the early birds among you, we are offering a 15% discount on initial headline subscription prices when you use the code maagnum25. Though this is a limited time offer. You can choose to pay monthly or annually and it’s super easy to set up. You can even buy a subscription as a gift for the wine lover in your life – Christmas is, after all, just around the corner! If you have an issue, you can contact the extremely efficient team at Supporting Cast and they’ll be there to give you a helping hand. And with all of this, you can still listen to the show the way you’ve always done, but with extra benefits to boot.

Peter: Important note here: if you listen on Apple Podcasts, the subscriber only content, including early access and bonus content, won’t show up there if you haven’t yet taken out a subscription. So if you want to subscribe, get yourself over to wineblast.co.uk, as you said, the quick link is in our show notes. Sign up there and then all your wonderful subscriber benefits will magically appear in Apple Podcasts.

Susie: I think that’s covered it all, hasn’t it? if it hasn’t, or you have some vital feedback for us, please just get in touch. We’re, really excited to launch subscriptions as a way of growing this show and, this wonderful wine community around it. So thanks in advance for your patience and support in this new phase of the Wine Blast adventure.

Peter: Indeed. Talking of which, I see the last time we did a trailer was back in 2022, before season four. And that trailer, which I really listened back to, actually features a really fun highlights compilation that’s well worth checking out. But now we’re on to season seven and we’ve got some real treats lined up for you, so please do consider signing as a subscriber to Wine Blast Plus. We’d really appreciate it, and

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Peter: we’ll look forward to seeing you as we dive headlong into Season seven. In the meantime, thanks for listening and cheers!