Jason Wilson

The Best American Series®
First, Best, and Best-Selling
The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites . A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most...

There are nearly 1,400 known varieties of wine grapes in the world-from altesse to zierfandler-but 80 percent of the wine we drink is made from only 20 grapes. In Godforsaken Grapes, Jason Wilson looks at how that came to be and embarks on a journey to discover what we miss. Stemming from his own growing obsession, Wilson moves far beyond the "noble grapes," hunting down obscure and underappreciated wines from Switzerland, Austria, Portugal, France,...

Cider is having a major moment, and The Cider Revival charts its history, resurgence, and a year with the vanguard makers of heritage cider. Cider is the quintessential American beverage. Drank by early settlers and founding fathers, it was ubiquitous and pervasive, but following Prohibition when orchards were destroyed and neglected, cider all but disappeared. In The Cider Revival, Jason Wilson chronicles what is happening now, an extraordinary...

Presents an anthology of the best travel writing published in 2017, selected from magazines, newspapers, and web sites.

High tea becomes high drama when Gina and Anisha face off in front of BAP elders. Meanwhile, Kristen extends an olive branch to Anisha by inviting her to a Sip and See baby shower for her son.

The BAPs host a welcome home party for one of their own, but things go south when two long-time "frenemies" Kristen and Anisha battle it out over Kristen calling Anisha a bad mother. Before the night is through, there will be insults, jabs, and even spit.