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Paul Lukacs is wine editor of Saveur magazine, a wine columnist for the Washington Times and Wine Review Online, and is author of "American Vintage: The Rise of American Wine," a social history of wine in the United States. "American Vintage" won the three major wine Book of the Year awards in 2001 -- James Beard Foundation, Champagne Veuve Clicquot, and the International Association of Culinary Professionals. Paul has written for Wine and Spirits, Food Arts, and American Heritage, and has traveled to many of the world's most important winegrowing regions. He has also taught wine appreciation and education classes and, since 1999, been 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-founders of the International Wine for Oysters competition held each November in Washington D.C.
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