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Lukacs is a wine writer, educator, and consultant. He is
the author of American Vintage: The Rise of
American Wine (Houghton Mifflin). A social history
of wine in the United States,
American
Vintage won the three major wine Book of the Year awards
in 2001 -- the James Beard Foundation, Champagne Veuve Clicquot,
and the International Association of Culinary Professionals.
Since
1994, Lukacs has written features, columns, and individual
wine profiles for The Washington Times on a weekly basis.
In 2002,
he became the regular wine columnist for Washingtonian magazine,
covering wine and winemaking across the globe.
He has
written for Saveur, Wine and Spirits, Food Arts, and American
Heritage, and has traveled to many of the world's most important
winegrowing regions. Paul has also taught wine appreciation
and education classes and, since 1999, has worked as a wine
consultant for restaurants in the Washington, D. C. area.
Paul judges at numerous wine competitions in the U.S. and
abroad. In addition, he is one of the co-organizers and
co-founders of the International Wine for Oysters competition
held each November in Washington D.C
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