Godforsaken Grapes, Jason Wilson
Godforsaken Grapes, Jason Wilson
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Godforsaken Grapes
A Slightly Tipsy Journey Through the World of Strange, Obscure, and Underappreciated Wine

Author: Jason Wilson

Narrator: Jonathan Horvath

Unabridged: 9 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/03/2026

Synopsis

A combination of travel memoir and epicurean adventure, Godforsaken Grapes is an entertaining love letter to wine.​ "Will make you curious and thirsty." (Eric Asimov, New York Times) 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, award-winning travel writer 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, Jason Wilson moves far beyond the “noble grapes,” hunting down obscure and underappreciated wines from Switzerland, Austria, Portugal, France, Italy, the United States, and beyond. In the process, he looks at why these wines fell out of favor (or never gained it in the first place), what it means to be obscure, and how geopolitics, economics, and fashion have changed what we drink.

About Jason Wilson

Jason Wilson is the founder and director of the Cave of Adullam Transformational Training Academy and bestselling author of Cry Like a Man and Battle Cry. Since 2005 Jason has been mentoring boys and young men, teaching them how to rise above life’s inevitable challenges. His impactful work earned him the President’s Volunteer Service Award from President Obama, and acclaimed actor Laurence Fishburne executive produced the award-winning ESPN Films documentary about Jason’s work, titled The Cave of Adullam. He is a man of the Most High, a faithful husband to Nicole, and a devoted father to Alexis and Jason II.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mie on January 16, 2019

This is not a book about obscure wine grapes. If you were, like me, looking for a book on this topic, I would recommend you look elsewhere. This book, however, is in essence a book about the author. And travel. But mostly about the author's journeys in wine and elsewhere. The author is clearly very......more

Goodreads review by Adrienne on February 21, 2025

I love red, white, blends. I don’t discriminate. I love all wine but far from being a wine connoisseur. I found this to be a fun and informative read. My knowledge of wine prior to reading this was very basic and while I'm still no wine connoisseur after reading this book; Jason Wilson indeed expand......more

Goodreads review by Shrike58 on July 10, 2023

While I'm far from being a serious wine aficionado, I do like reading about the new and different, and Wilson did scratch that itch for me, with his cheer-leading for the obscure and forgotten. If nothing else, the realities of global warming for the regions that produce industrial quantities of mai......more

Goodreads review by Melodie on December 04, 2019

I enjoy good wine. I'm not an expert, just an occasional wine drinker. I found this book enjoyable for the most part. Some of it went over my head, but overall I was entertained and informed. I listened to this while driving over the holiday. A couple times, I had to stop listening because of impend......more

Goodreads review by Isaac on July 09, 2018

Many wine nerds have likely heard a similar statistic: about 80% of the world’s wine comes from about 20 grapes. Meanwhile, planet Earth boasts some 1,400 grape varieties used in winemaking, which means there is a whole lot of “obscure” wine out there. Since I’ve been paying close attention to wine,......more

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