Being in a region with a grape-growing history that stretches back to the 18th century, when Franciscans at Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa produced some of California's first wines of distinction, planting wine grapes was a natural choice.

The controversy over sulfur dioxide and its positive and negative effects on wine continues. Let us learn about Sulphites in wine and the reasons for headaches.

Wine writer Charlie Leary, who lives in Panama and used to run the Inn at Coyote Mountain in Costa Rica, provides a sommelier-oriented introduction to some of the best coffees in the world.