For California Wine Online, Charles Sullivan has contributed his California wine history database, containing over 30,000 citations to primary sources in California's wine history. Ranging from the early 19th Century to the present and pointing to newspapers, trade journals and other periodicals, these historical citations provide a remarkable record of the history of wine and grapes in the Golden State.
Charles Sullivan has been working for over thirty years in the vineyard of California wine history. Named by Leon Adams as "the modern historian of wine in California," Sullivan is the author of:
- A Companion to California Wine: An Encyclopedia of Wine and Winemaking from the Mission Period to the Present (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998)
- Napa Wine: A History from Mission Days to Present (San Francisco: Wine Appreciation Guild, 1994)
- Wines and Winemakers of the Santa Cruz Mountains (Los Gatos: D. R. Bennion Trust, 1992)
- Like Modern Edens: Winegrowing in Santa Clara Valley and Santa Cruz Mountains 1798-1981 (Cupertino: California History Center, 1982)
He has written over 100 articles for wine, food and history journals, including Wine Spectator, Wines and Vines, Vintage Magazine, California Historical Quarterly and the Journal of the American Wine Society.