In the first chapter of “Wines of the New South Africa,” author Tim James sets a reflective but promising tone by...
The World of Sicilian Wine
Sicily is a land unto itself. Politically, this scenic and diverse Mediterranean island is a part of Italy. ...
A New Guide to American Wine
In 1973, Leon Adams released the first comprehensive book on American wines. Adams, the dean of American wine...
Inventing Wine, An Important New History of Wine by WRO Contributor Paul Lukacs
In 1989 British wine writer, Hugh Johnson published The Story of Wine, a comprehensive scholarly history of the close...
Farewell from Gerald Boyd
I’m hanging it up! I’ve notified Robert Whitley and Michael Franz that I have retired from wine writing and...
From Australia, a Tall Poppy?
A number of years ago, on my first trip to Australia, I heard talk about the social phenomenon known as the “Tall Poppy...
Sell the Steak, Not the Sizzle
Recently my colleague, Linda Murphy wrote a reflective column about the American wine industry’s stubbornness for clinging...
Reading the Rise of Argentine Wine
Wine books are everywhere. And like most books published today, a few are good, many are average and moderately useful,...
Questioning Terroir
Terroir is a controversial, and little understood, topic that has resonated in wine circles over the last decade. ...
A New AVA for Fort Ross – Seaview
We’re barely into a new year and already people are anxious to catch no more than a glimpse of the troubled 2011...
Gerald Boyd’s Picks for Wine and Wine Producer of the Year for 2011
We will run our contributor' picks for Producer and Wine of the Year in this space almost every day as 2011 winds down, so...
Appreciation: Robert Balzer
Robert Lawrence Balzer, one of America’s best known wine writers, died December 2, 2011 at his home in Orange,...