Gerald D Boyd On Wine

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Thursday, October 17, 2024

Sierra Foothills

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Sprawling along the west side of the Sierra Nevada mountains, the Sierra Foothills wine region offers wine drinkers variety and diversity.  ...
Thursday, October 10, 2024

Yammerin' About Wine Sales

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    You may not have noticed, but the wine industry is in a tizzy about shrinking wine sales and by extension, the desertion of wine drinker...
Thursday, October 3, 2024

California's "Other" Wine Regions

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Every wine-producing country in the world has a premier region.  Most countries have one area that stands above the rest: in Argentina it...
Thursday, September 26, 2024

Bordeaux in Tuscany

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                Mention Tuscany and most wine drinkers think of Chianti, or maybe  Brunello di Montalcino, or Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. ...
Thursday, September 19, 2024

My Favorite Wine

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  The Burgundian truffle sniffer I'm often asked by well-meaning people: "What's your favorite wine?" I could dismiss the...
Thursday, September 12, 2024

Argentine White Wine

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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...
Thursday, September 5, 2024

Lazio Vino

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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...
Thursday, August 29, 2024

Beaujolais and Respect

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Beaujolais is the Rodney Dangerfield of wine.  For those readers too young to remember Rodney Dangerfield; he was a hilarious television com...
Thursday, August 22, 2024

The 3M's of Dessert Wines

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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...
Thursday, August 15, 2024

"ABR"

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A while ago, some wags thought they would do wine drinkers a service by coming up with the acronym, "ABC."  Suggesting an "An...
Thursday, August 8, 2024

The Douro

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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...
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Gerald D. Boyd On Wine
Anacortes, Washington, United States
I have been actively writing about wine and spirits since the late 1960s and have traveled extensively to all of the major wine regions in the world. My byline has appeared in various newspapers including the Rocky Mountain News, San Francisco Chronicle and Santa Rosa Press Democrat. I was editor of the Wine Spectator in the early years, editor of Wine & Spirits Buying Guide (later renamed Wine & Spirits Magazine) and have contributed to various other national and international magazines. I have been a professional wine judge since 1968, serving on panels at major wine competitions in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Italy, South Africa and China. And I was an adjunct wine instructor in the Wine Studies program, Santa Rosa Junior College, California for 12 years.
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About Me

Gerald D. Boyd On Wine
Anacortes, Washington, United States
I have been actively writing about wine and spirits since the late 1960s and have traveled extensively to all of the major wine regions in the world. My byline has appeared in various newspapers including the Rocky Mountain News, San Francisco Chronicle and Santa Rosa Press Democrat. I was editor of the Wine Spectator in the early years, editor of Wine & Spirits Buying Guide (later renamed Wine & Spirits Magazine) and have contributed to various other national and international magazines. I have been a professional wine judge since 1968, serving on panels at major wine competitions in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Italy, South Africa and China. And I was an adjunct wine instructor in the Wine Studies program, Santa Rosa Junior College, California for 12 years.
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