Gerald D Boyd On Wine

            The vineyard in the photo above is one of many throughout Spain growing old-vine Tempranillo.  While yields from these gnarled b...

  Every year at about this time, columnists and contributing writers like to look back at the past year and recall major events, or what the...

In Episode 23, The U.S Air Force had decided to temporarily transfer me from the island of Oahu in the Hawaiian chain, where wine options we...

                        When Americans first "discovered" wine in the 1970s, some enterprising dreamers imagined that certain clas...

  Dear Subscribers, You've probably noticed that there was no blog in your inbox this week.  I could blame the problem on Covid (it is b...

Back in the Dark Ages of wine interest, that would be the 1960s or thereabout, the only Chilean wine I remember seeing in stores was a Riesl...

In Episode 22 of this personal journey, the narrative veered off the wine trail for a brief look at single malt Scotch whisky, a drink I thi...

Holy holly!  It's that time of year again and we're all trying not to look at the calendar.   It won't work. Christmas will be h...

  Holiday wine buying is coming up fast, so the time is right to think of easy-drinking alternative red wines. And that would be l ight red...

  Cutting the peat When I was much younger, my adult beverage of choice was Bourbon.  Then, I discovered wine.  My wine epiphany probably ha...

Shiraz, aka Syrah, is making a comeback and it is about time! Old vine Shiraz Syrah, the big red with loads of personality, from the norther...

O ne of the unfortunate things, for the wine consumer, is as wine popularity grows, so too does demand and price for coveted wines.  And no ...