Gerald D. Boyd, Author at Wine Review Online

The Queen of Pinot

by Gerald D. Boyd | July 13, 2010

Merry Edwards has been called the Queen of Pinot (Reine de Pinot) and with good reason. Edwards, a veteran California...

Affordable Icon: d’Arenberg’s d’Arry’s Original

by Gerald D. Boyd | April 21, 2010

There are a few wine grapes that over time have been supporting players more than stars on the world stage...

The Other Burgundy, Part II

by Gerald D. Boyd | March 24, 2010

The French call it “Bourgogne” while the rest of the wine world refers to the province in eastern France as...

The Other Burgundy, Part I

by Gerald D. Boyd | February 24, 2010

What comes to mind when you hear someone mention Burgundy wines? Most serious wine drinkers automatically think Côte d’Or Pinot...

Santa Cruz Mountain Pinot

by Gerald D. Boyd | July 13, 2009

Many wine lovers have experienced at least one epiphany in their life-long association with wine. My first eye-opening experience was...

Three Views of Syrah

by Gerald D. Boyd | May 20, 2009

In the mid to late 19th century, the great red wines of the Northern Rhône, all made from Syrah, were...

Tokaji: Maddeningly Complex, Totally Marvelous

by Gerald D. Boyd | January 2, 2009

In Hugh Johnson’s early edition of The World Atlas of Wine, he sets the mood for a fascinating treatise on...

Gerald Boyd’s Thanksgiving Picks

by Gerald D. Boyd | November 19, 2007

[WRO Readers: We’ll be publishing Thanksgiving wine recommendations in this space each day until the holiday–sometimes posting several contributions during...

Palmaz: An Astonishing Napa Winery

by Gerald D. Boyd | November 5, 2007

Drop this into a wine conversation sometime: ‘There’s this new winery in the Napa Valley that has to be seen...

Thankfully, Another New Pinot

by Gerald D. Boyd | August 11, 2007

How many new single-vineyard Pinot Noir wines do we need? More important, how many new single-vineyard Pinots will an already...

Caymus: The Wagner Legacy

by Gerald D. Boyd | July 17, 2007

At Caymus Vineyards in the Napa Valley, the family creed is, “one wine, one label.” Caymus has been operating since...

Great Wine Estates: Coppola’s Rubicon Quiets the Critics

by Gerald D. Boyd | January 23, 2007

“Our goal is to make great estate Cabernet Sauvignon,” is the clarion call of every Napa Valley winemaker (except for...