Everyday Drinking

Everyday Drinking is a newsletter and podcast created by Jason Wilson that explores the diverse realm of wine and spirits.

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Everything Is Going To Hell, So Why Not Bring Back The Fern Bar?

4 days ago | everydaydrinking.com | Jason Wilson

Will the fern bar ever have its revival? Will we ever see trendy bars created to look like the Regal Beagle, Jack Tripper's swinging hangout in the 1970s sitcom Three's Company? I mean, why not? We've already lived through the speakeasy revival, the tiki bar revival, the cosmo revival, the martini revival, the espresso martini revival, the Shirley Temple revival, the cigarette smoking revival, et al.
The Marubini Chronicles

3 weeks ago | everydaydrinking.com | Jason Wilson

There’s a saying in Cremonese dialect: En piàt de marubéen el fa resusitàa àan i mòort—“a plate of marubini can bring the dead back to life.” Marubini is the stuffed pasta of Cremona, the province in Lombardia along the Po River where I lived when I was 19. Marubini are plump little rings similar to tortellini, filled with a rich, hearty mix of meats and cheese—each Cremonese family has its own unwritten recipe for the stuffing, or ripieno.
Savvy B, 4 Eva

1 month ago | everydaydrinking.com | Jason Wilson

Sancerre is among the favorite wines of Christian Grey—the notorious main character of the steamy, erotic, sorta-BDSM romance novel, Fifty Shades of Grey—which he enjoys with his lover, Anastasia Steele. Perhaps you know this already. Perhaps you have read the original Fifty Shades trilogy, first published more than a dozen years ago, and which sold more than 150 million copies in 52 languages.
Eating the Easter Bunny

2 months ago | everydaydrinking.com | Jason Wilson

For those who celebrate, it is Easter Sunday and I’ve decided it was time to dust off this favorite piece of my food writing, which The New Yorker published on Easter Sunday 2016. Some of the news and Philly references are a bit dated (Osteria’s ownership has changed; D’Angelo’s butcher shop closed in late 2016; my son is now a sophomore in college). But I think this essay still works and is relevant in 2025.
Still Life With Wine

2 months ago | everydaydrinking.com | Jason Wilson

I love to look at still life painting. When I go to the world’s great art museums, I’ll often skip the grand masterpieces and head straight for a simple painting of objects on a table. I do sometimes enjoy the ostentatious, over-the-top still life of the Dutch Golden Age—the so-called pronkstilleven, showy tables overflowing with shellfish, exotic fruit, vases of flowers, ornate glasses, and even little dogs, birds, and monkeys.
Happy "Liberation Day" To All (Idiots) Who Celebrate

2 months ago | everydaydrinking.com | Jason Wilson

So it appears that tomorrow, at 4 p.m. EST in the Rose Garden, we will have clarity on Trump’s awaited, sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs. The MAGA crowd is calling this “Liberation Day.” But let’s be crystal clear: For the wine and spirits industry—for wineries, importers, distributors, wine shops, liquor stores, restaurants, bars, sommeliers, bartenders, servers, kitchen staff—it is a complete fucking nightmare. This tariff situation surely goes far beyond the world of wine and spirits.
Apricot Brandy is Confounding and Delicious

Mar 14, 2025 | everydaydrinking.com | Jason Wilson

When they’re ripe and juicy, apricots are undoubtedly among my favorite fruits. But the truth is, apricots are also among the most frustrating, inconsistent fruits. I’ll eat four mealy, blah ones, only to have a single, mind-blowingly delicious one, which then forces me to endure the next four mealy ones. Apricot brandy is sort of the same experience. Or should I say apricot “brandy” in quotes. For years, it occupied a dusty corner of the liquor store that I avoided. It confounded me.
On Wine Drinking as Resistance

Mar 11, 2025 | everydaydrinking.com | Jason Wilson

When I look at the world, I feel that something is being lost or actively undermined…Sometimes it feels like attention. Sometimes it feels like imagination. Sometimes it feels like…that thing you wanted when you became an English major, that sort of half-dreamed, half-real thing you thought you were going to be. Whatever that is: it’s under attack. That quote comes from Catherine L.
If You're Not Drinking Rioja's Whites, What Are You Even Doing?

Jan 31, 2025 | everydaydrinking.com | Jason Wilson

This is the last of our five-part Friday “Winter White” series. We started off with Loire chenin blanc, followed by albariño from Galicia, then pinot blanc from Alto Adige, and finally whites from Friuli. This final installment focuses on whites from Rioja. Be sure to upgrade to paid to read all of our Winter Whites recommendations and tasting notes. Everyone who follows this newsletter knows that I am a fierce advocate for the new-wave wines of Rioja.
Why Bother Collecting and Aging Wine?

Oct 11, 2024 | everydaydrinking.com | Jason Wilson

A few weeks ago, I spotted a truly unique wine: a 1985 Bruno Giacosa Dolcetto d’Alba. A friend had bought someone’s cellar, and as I scrolled through an inventory list filled with usual suspects from Bordeaux, Napa, along with a few Gran Reserva from Rioja, this 39-year-old outlier jumped out at me. Even though the late Bruno Giacosa is a well-established darling of collectors, it’s his nebbiolo-based Barolo and Barbaresco that get the high prices and place of pride in cellars.