Gerald D Boyd On Wine

                            In 1990, two momentous events changed South Africa in ways that are still being felt today: Nelson Mandela was r...

The holiday countdown has begun and that usually means folks are beginning to think about what to eat and drink on festive occasions. Year-e...

       Jack London, the activist American writer, felt comfortable in the Valley of the Moon, a name he gave to the part of Sonoma Valley he...

A question that pops up now and then in wine circles is "What is the definition of 'old vines' and how important are they?...

Writers who claim to know about wine without having tasted the wine they are writing about is a mystery to me. It's like saying you know...

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 ...