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30th Sep 2026

Off the Cork: The Church Bell

The church bell that was hinted at before finally makes its official debut. Charles introduces its purpose: the sound reserved for the bottles that earn Gold or Platinum status on the Wine Soul rating scale.

Nick disappears down a rabbit hole about Christianity in India, the guys accidentally invent an "oatmeal" tag for certain wines that deserve their own category, and The Lord of the Rings is officially reiterated as completely safe territory in the Wine Soul universe.

It's also a preview of exactly the kind of conversations you'll find on our Patreon as more Off the Cork episodes arrive.

Off the Cork is where the conversations keep going after the recording was supposed to end—and where future Patreon extras will continue to ring the bell for the bottles that deserve it.

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About the Podcast

WineSoul Podcast
Wine Soul is a podcast where two lifelong friends explore wine, stories, and nostalgia with geeky curiosity, zero snobbery, and plenty of laughs.
Wine Soul is a podcast about two childhood friends who became adults—in theory.

Now dads and quintessential millennials, they're still as geeky, passionate, and ridiculous as they were as teenagers. The only difference is they're now bourgeois enough to obsess over wine with the same unhealthy confidence they once brought to arguments about things that never mattered.

They explore wine, history, nostalgia, and travel through thirty years of friendship, relentless curiosity, and a generous amount of humour.

Wine Soul is good wine, the occasional moment of substance, and a lot of laughs—brought to you by two old friends who never take themselves too seriously.

Their taste matured. They didn't.