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Gerald D. Boyd
Gerald Boyd is a freelance writer based in Sonoma County who specializes in wine and spirits, fine food, and travel. An avid wine collector since the 1950s, Gerald began writing about wine in 1971 for the Rocky Mountain News, The Denver Magazine and Wine World. In 1979, Gerald joined The Wine Spectator as managing editor and one year later was promoted to editor.
In 1983, he returned to freelance writing, a career he has followed since then with a one-year break to serve as editor of Wine & Spirits Buying Guide. Gerald served as the staff wine and spirits writer for the San Francisco Chronicle for nine years and continues to write frequently for the weekly wine section. His writing on wine and spirits appears regularly in Decanter, The Wine News, Quarterly Review of Wines, and Winestate of Australia, and in the trade magazines Vineyard & Winery Management and Santé.
Gerald has judged at international wine competitions in Australia, Belgium and Italy, and on national panels in California, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington. He is presently chief judge at the Pacific Rim International Wine Competition and director of the Commercial Wine Department, San Francisco Bay Wine Competition, at the Alameda County Fair.
Gerald Boyd checks on the reds
