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Wine expert shares industry woes following autumn Budget

24 November 2024
Wine expert shares industry woes following autumn Budget

Wine expert shares industry woes following autumn Budget

24 November 2024

A frustrated Jake Bennett-Day looks at the impact to the wine industry of the recent Budget and how it might affect the quality of the wine we drink.


Food & drink: When was the last time you had a glass of Chianti?

26 October 2024
Food & drink: When was the last time you had a glass of Chianti?

Food & drink: When was the last time you had a glass of Chianti?

26 October 2024

It’s time to fall back in love with Chianti, says our resident wine expert.


Will you give this a try?

28 September 2024
Will you give this a try?

Will you give this a try?

28 September 2024

A Spanish wine is getting Vino Gusto’s Jake Bennett-Day feeling romantic. He explains how ‘atomic Albariño’ hits his sweet spot


Expert on what makes a wine memorable - it’s not what you think

01 September 2024
Expert on what makes a wine memorable - it’s not what you think

Expert on what makes a wine memorable - it’s not what you think

01 September 2024

Vino Gusto co-owner Jake Bennett-Day has to sample hundreds of wines in his job and tells us what makes a wine memorable.


Do you know the Bishop of Norwich?

03 August 2024
Do you know the Bishop of Norwich?

Do you know the Bishop of Norwich?

03 August 2024

Vino Gusto’s Jake Bennett-Day let’s us in on the quirky and gloriously British etiquette of drinking Port


Suffolk wine expert on how to enjoy rosé and where to find the best blush

07 July 2024
Suffolk wine expert on how to enjoy rosé and where to find the best blush

Suffolk wine expert on how to enjoy rosé and where to find the best blush

07 July 2024

Join Vino Gusto’s Jake Bennett-Day in celebrating rosé - the taste of summer.


Who knew there might be meat products in wine?

11 May 2024
Who knew there might be meat products in wine?

Who knew there might be meat products in wine?

11 May 2024

Wine shop owner Jake Bennett-Day takes a look into vegan wines.


Food and drink: Is your glass half full?

13 April 2024
Food and drink: Is your glass half full?

Food and drink: Is your glass half full?

13 April 2024

Vino Gusto’s Jake Bennett-Day gets hot under the collar over wine glasses.


Food & drink: Feel your way to a tasty drop of wine

16 March 2024
Food & drink: Feel your way to a tasty drop of wine

Food & drink: Feel your way to a tasty drop of wine

16 March 2024

The confusing language of wine gets a Jake Bennett-Day makeover with all the feels


Food and drink: Is Chablis dying? Or is it already dead?

17 February 2024
Food and drink: Is Chablis dying? Or is it already dead?

Food and drink: Is Chablis dying? Or is it already dead?

17 February 2024

Vino Gusto’s Jake Bennett-Day admits he loves Chablis, but is climate change having an adverse effect on the Chablis vineyards?


It’s time to break out the bubbles

31 December 2023
It’s time to break out the bubbles

It’s time to break out the bubbles

31 December 2023

‘Come quickly, I am drinking the stars’ quotes Vino Gusto’s Jake Bennett-Day as he tells us to treat ourselves to Champagne


What are your thoughts on house wine?

25 November 2023
What are your thoughts on house wine?

What are your thoughts on house wine?

25 November 2023

Vino Gusto’s Jake Bennett-Day decries the notion house wine is the bottom of the barrel and says they should be the ‘best band for the buck’


Food & drink: My somewhat unfashionable love affair is with . . . Riesling

02 October 2023
Food & drink: My somewhat unfashionable love affair is with . . . Riesling

Food & drink: My somewhat unfashionable love affair is with . . . Riesling

02 October 2023

It’s fallen in and out of fashion, but Vino Gusto’s Jake Bennett-Day will forever defend Riesling wine and its value to the wine business.


Should wine drinkers be wary of bottles that contain sulphites?

05 August 2023
Should wine drinkers be wary of bottles that contain sulphites?

Should wine drinkers be wary of bottles that contain sulphites?

05 August 2023

‘Slaying the most pervasive mythical vinous dragon – ‘The Sulphite Allergy’.


Tenerife – the unlikely wine producer

10 June 2023
Tenerife – the unlikely wine producer

Tenerife – the unlikely wine producer

10 June 2023

There’s nothing new about the new-wave wines of Tenerife, says Vino Gusto’s Jake Bennett-Day