Gerald D Boyd On Wine

The Russian River, in northern Sonoma County, is a natural force that brings life to the people, grapes and wineries along it's 115 mile...

What Italian wine is produced in the millions of bottles annually and is made in the largest DOC in the country?  If you said Pinot Grigio, ...

  "Man doth not live by bread only," is an old Biblical saying that aims to teach us that life is about variety. With a little ima...

In 1983, Dry Creek Valley got its AVA.  It's about time, said some valley winery owners.  After all, Dry Creek Valley has been the go-to...

                              Heading north out of Calistoga, along a narrow twisting road that dips across low hills, then dropping down to...

Next month an annual wine event, anticipated by some and ignored by others, will take place.  On the third Thursday of November, Beaujolais ...

For the next several weeks, the 19 AVAs in Sonoma County will be featured in the Sonoma Series. Most of the attention will be focused on Son...

There is a lot of talk circulating in wine circles about terroir: what is it and how does it affect wine?  Terroir is one of those untransla...

Who knew that Malbec, a mostly unknown grape, had the power to help transform the wine economy of a South American country? Although approac...

The bulk of wine produced in Australia comes from four states: Western Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia. To read abo...

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