Vinous
Godforsaken Grapes will be sure to amuse the adventurous wine lover in your life, and perhaps also inspire them to raise a glass of Mondeuse Noire.
author of Apostle and The Disaster Artist - Tom Bissell
"This wonderful book is about so much more than wine. It's also about taste, and aging, and history, and travel, and culture. Above all else, Jason Wilson's Godforsaken Grapes will make you want to live more adventurously and drink more curiously—and never order another pinot noir again."
Smithsonian Magazine
"One of the Ten Best Books About Food of 2018"
The New York Times
"One of the Five Best Wine Books of the Year"
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
I can’t decide whether Jason Wilson’s Godforsaken Grapes is more edifying or more entertaining, with more wit or more wisdom. Either way, it’s a delightful dive into more esoteric grapes, and especially timely given that local importer/distributors have started bringing the likes of rkatsiteli and chasselas to this market.
actor, director, and author of the New York Times Bestselling travel memoir The Longest Way Home - Andrew McCarthy
"Armed with an archeologist's fanatical determination, a traveler’s deep curiosity, and an encyclopedic knowledge of his subject, Jason Wilson takes a deep dive into the world of rare wines. Original, obsessive, and wildly insightful. Drink it down!"
Imbibe Magazine
"Wilson’s signature wit and wisdom returns as he recounts the travel shenanigans that lead him around the world in a rabbit hunt for these obscure and under-the-radar wines. You’ll walk away with a better understanding of the wine industry and an itch to book a ticket to destinations you’ve never heard of before."
San Francisco Chronicle
Funny, enlightening [and] prodigiously researched.
Punch
Part travelogue and part journey to realize his own taste preferences, Wilson offers a spirited, highly personal argument for drinking more adventurously.
San Francisco Chronicle
Funny, enlightening [and] prodigiously researched.
The New York Times
"One of the Five Best Wine Books of the Year"