Gerald D Boyd On Wine

Wine competition -- Two words that can draw both praise and criticism.  Praise for competitions was common once, but today, the need for and...

Riesling is one of the world's great white wines. Some say that Riesling even surpasses Chardonnay in greatness.  So, why is Riesling su...

In the first "California Wine Adventure," my introduction to wine covered a lot of ground, from France to South Carolina, Colorado...

                             By most estimates, there are about a half dozen top Italian red wines: Taurasi, Brunello di Montalchino, Chiant...

Austria's capital city of Vienna has many attractions to satisfy even the most jaded world traveler. Few are more satisfying for the win...

When I was a young boy in Pennsylvania, pestering my mother for a taste of her New York Port, it never occurred to me that one day I would b...

The following posting i s an impression of my visit to Sicily a few years ago and those of my son, Sean, co-owner/winemaker of Sightglass C...

In the early part of the 1970s, while Napa and Sonoma were setting the wine world on its ear, little attention was paid to the wines of Mend...

New Zealand, the other Down Under country, is known for its juicy Sauvignon Blanc with a tropical personality.  Not as well known are the ta...

                            Chardonnay has famously been described as the 800-pound gorilla of wine. That dominance (some would say arroganc...

There is an analogy in wine making that goes something like this: aging wine in an oak barrel, is like seasoning stew in a pot. Before wine ...