JASON WILSON

Food & Travel

The Endless Siesta

In Spain, I took measure of what had changed in the country — and in myself — since the pandemic. From the Washington Post Magazine.

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On Travel Writing

In the absence of travel, what is a travel writer to do? From Guernica.

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German Wine and The Sweet Hereafter

A personal journey across generations sharing a love for Germany’s wines.

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The Sommeliers of Everything

In our era of hyper-credentialism, there’s a creeping wine-ification in all realms of taste, none without a certified expert. From Washington Post Mag

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Godforsaken Grapes

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Once Sleepy, Cognac Has Become a Top Spirits Destination

My travel feature on Cognac, in Travel + Leisure.

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The Best American Travel Writing

The 2020 edition of The Best American Travel Writing anthology is out now!

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A Round of Applause for Parsnips?

‘Oh wow! Look at those beautiful parsnips!’ said no one ever. From Heated.

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JASON WILSON writes Everyday Drinking, a newsletter about the wide world of wine & spirits. It was recently awarded Substack’s Food Intensive Fellowship.

He is the author of Godforsaken Grapes: A Slightly Tipsy Journey through the World of Strange, Obscure, and Underappreciated Wine, which The New York Times named one of “The Best Wine Books of 2018” and Smithsonian named among the “Ten Best Food Books of 2018.”

He is also the author of Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits, which Anthony Bourdain called “superbly informative, entertaining, and yet deeply subversive.” Serious Eats called Boozehound one of the “10 Essential Books for Cocktail Lovers.”

His most recent book, The Cider Revival: Dispatches from the Orchard, was named one of “The Best Wine Books of 2019” The New York Times.

He has been the series editor of The Best American Travel Writing annual (Houghton Mifflin) since 2000.

Wilson’s work has appeared in the Washington Post, New York Times, The New Yorker, AFAR, Guernica, Heated, Preservation, Travel & Leisure, National Geographic Traveler, Conde Nast Traveler, Boston Globe, Salon, Town & Country, Outside, Wine Enthusiast and many other magazines and newspapers.

He has written wine and spirits criticism for Vinous, where he covered Loire, Cognac, and Armagnac, among other beats. He was the drinks columnist at the Washington Post for over six years, and three times his column won awards for Best Food Column from the Association of Food Journalists. He has also been the beer columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, dining critic for the Philadelphia Daily News and Philadelphia Magazine, and a columnist for the UK drinks site Harpers Wine + Spirit.