Gerald D Boyd On Wine

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

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

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

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...

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

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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...

Storm clouds over Barossa vineyard In South Australia, a short distance from Adelaide, is a wine region with an international reputation, ...

A Tuscan house on a hill In 1996, the saturated genre of lifestyle books was rocked by the release of "Under the Tuscan Sun," a gl...

              Gewürztraminer, the wine you hate to love, is primed to make your summer more pleasurable. Loving a fruity white wine with a s...

    Chablis is unique in French wine. The celebrated Burgundian white wine district is officially part of the region of Burgundy, yet, curio...

     There is a special dynamic that develops in families with multiple siblings, where one son or daughter excels over the others.  It'...

  France's northern Rhone Valley has a well deserved reputation for red wine.  The litany of Syrah based wines, like Cote Rotie, Hermita...