Gerald D Boyd On Wine

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Thursday, December 11, 2025

Oregon's Southern Reds

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                Pinot Noir is Oregon's most famous wine. That's not gob smacking news for people who closely follow the West Coast w...
Thursday, December 4, 2025

Napa's Other Wines

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                It doesn't take a Master of Wine to see the connection between Cabernet Sauvignon and the Napa Valley. The two are as in...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

Grouchy & Grumpy

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     Lately, developments on the wine scene have been making me grouchy and grumpy. It's a personal state of mind that hopefully doesn...
Friday, November 21, 2025

Great Barolo

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This way to Barolo Barolo is not just a good Italian red wine, it's a great one.  For years, it was fashionable, even necessary, for som...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

It's Time for Beaujolais

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Friday, November 7, 2025

AI and the future of Wine Writing

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Thursday, October 30, 2025

A Wine Tale of Two Communes

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This is a story about how two communes in Bordeaux emerged from relative anonymity to become the celebrated sites of world famous wines. Pri...
Thursday, October 23, 2025

Campania

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Mount Vesuvius looming over Naples Bay Mount Vesuvius, the sleeping giant volcano, looming over the Bay of Naples, erupted in 79 AD, coverin...
Thursday, October 16, 2025

Loire Valley

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Recently,   I was browsing through some wine articles and noticed that a Master Sommelier, said that Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé are over rate...
Thursday, October 9, 2025

Marvelous Mendocino

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John Parducci In the early days of my eager exploration of different wines and wine regions, I thought of Mendocino as an afterthought, a no...
Thursday, October 2, 2025

Wines of the Andes

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Andes backdrop for Mendoza vineyards While browsing in your favorite wine shop for South American wines, the ones you're most likely to ...
Thursday, September 25, 2025

Are high prices fueling wine's decline?

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Thursday, September 18, 2025

Chardonnay Styles

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Chardonnay in the shade No one reading this little essay will be surprised to hear that Chardonnay remains the nation's best selling whi...
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Gerald D. Boyd On Wine
Anacortes, Washington, United States
I have been actively writing about wine and spirits since the late 1960s and have traveled extensively to all of the major wine regions in the world. My byline has appeared in various newspapers including the Rocky Mountain News, San Francisco Chronicle and Santa Rosa Press Democrat. I was editor of the Wine Spectator in the early years, editor of Wine & Spirits Buying Guide (later renamed Wine & Spirits Magazine) and have contributed to various other national and international magazines. I have been a professional wine judge since 1968, serving on panels at major wine competitions in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Italy, South Africa and China. And I was an adjunct wine instructor in the Wine Studies program, Santa Rosa Junior College, California for 12 years.
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About Me

Gerald D. Boyd On Wine
Anacortes, Washington, United States
I have been actively writing about wine and spirits since the late 1960s and have traveled extensively to all of the major wine regions in the world. My byline has appeared in various newspapers including the Rocky Mountain News, San Francisco Chronicle and Santa Rosa Press Democrat. I was editor of the Wine Spectator in the early years, editor of Wine & Spirits Buying Guide (later renamed Wine & Spirits Magazine) and have contributed to various other national and international magazines. I have been a professional wine judge since 1968, serving on panels at major wine competitions in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Italy, South Africa and China. And I was an adjunct wine instructor in the Wine Studies program, Santa Rosa Junior College, California for 12 years.
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