Jason Wilson is Senior Correspondent for The New Wine Review. He also writes Everyday Drinking, a newsletter about the world of wine and spirits that was awarded Substack’s Food Intensive Fellowship.
He is the author of Godforsaken Grapes, which The New York Times named one of “The Best Wine Books of 2018” and Smithsonian included among its “Ten Best Food Books of 2018.” He is also the author of Boozehound, which Anthony Bourdain called “superbly informative, entertaining, and yet deeply subversive.” Serious Eats named Boozehound one of the “10 Essential Books for Cocktail Lovers.” His most recent book, The Cider Revival, was named one of The New York Times’ “Best Wine Books of 2019.”
Wilson served as series editor of The Best American Travel Writing annual (Houghton Mifflin) for 22 years. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Wine Enthusiast, Whisky Advocate, Travel + Leisure, AFAR, National Geographic Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, Preservation, Town & Country, Salon, Outside, The Boston Globe, Guernica, and many other publications.
He previously wrote wine and spirits criticism for Vinous, where he covered the Loire Valley, Cognac, and Armagnac, among other subjects. He was the drinks columnist for The Washington Post for more than six years, and his column received three awards for Best Food Column from the Association of Food Journalists. Wilson has also been a contributing writer for Wine Enthusiast, beer columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, dining critic for the Philadelphia Daily News and Philadelphia Magazine, and U.S. columnist for Harpers Wine & Spirit.
here he covered Loire Valley, 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. Wilson has been a contributing writer for Wine Enthusiast, beer columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, dining critic for the Philadelphia Daily News and Philadelphia Magazine, and the US columnist for Harpers Wine + Spirit.
