Speaking of sulfites, I have found out that there are wines that have actually had the sulfites removed.

This is what I understand about sulfites (from what I've been told and what I've read here and there)...

Most companies add sulfites to their wine as a preservative. Some companies don't add sulfites, but there is a residual amount of sulfite that is naturally found on the skins of wine grapes. This sulfite is not an added sulfited, and these wines have much less sulfites in them than the ones with added sulfites, but they do contain a very small amount. These wines are in the "organic" category and they are what I've been drinking (in very small amounts) from time to time, with much less adverse effect than the wines with sulfites added.

Just recently, at a Whole Foods Market in Cary, North Carolina, I learned that there are also "organic" wines that are not only free of added sulfites, but they have also had the naturally occuring sulfites removed.

I have been enjoying one of these completely sulfite free wines in the last few days, called, "Our Daily Red", produced and bottled by the Nevada County Wine Guild in Collegeville, California. It's a very pleasing wine, and quite delightful with several kinds of goat and/or sheep milk cheese (I have learned that I am not particularly allergic to goat and sheep milk), and especially accompanied with nicoise olives. I do find that I can tolerate this wine much better than the other kinds.

Another kind we bought, which I have not yet tried, is called Lodi Syrah, produced and bottled by Orleans Hill Winery in Collegeville, California. The prices of these two wines were $8.00 and $9.00, but I don't remember what we paid for which.