Gerald D Boyd On Wine

                Mention Tuscany and most wine drinkers think of Chianti, or maybe  Brunello di Montalcino, or Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. ...

  The Burgundian truffle sniffer I'm often asked by well-meaning people: "What's your favorite wine?" I could dismiss the...

Argentine wine is usually colored red, as in Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon.  In Argentina,  a glass of red wine is just the thing to enjoy w...

It's summer and you're on your dream vacation in Rome.  The Eternal City can be like a sauna in the peak summer months, leaving visi...

Beaujolais is the Rodney Dangerfield of wine.  For those readers too young to remember Rodney Dangerfield; he was a hilarious television com...

Dessert wines, so-called stickies that most people agonize over,  don't easily fit into a meal or a wine event.  Planning a meal with mu...

A while ago, some wags thought they would do wine drinkers a service by coming up with the acronym, "ABC."  Suggesting an "An...

There are few wine regions, that once visited, leave an impression that stays with you, long after you return home.  For me, anywhere in Ita...

For some fans of red wine, Cabernet Sauvignon is the complete package: aromatics, structure, flavor profile, tannin, acidity, and most of al...

Geography, climate and weather top the list of most influential factors when deciding where to plant a vineyard.  In the Pacific Northwest, ...