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Paul Lukacs

Wine Editor, Saveur Magazine

Paul Lukacs is a wine writer, educator, and advisor. He is the author of two books: The Great Wines of America: The Top Forty Vintners, Vineyards, and Vintages (WW Norton), and American Vintage: The Rise of American Wine (Houghton Mifflin hardcover; WW Norton paperback), which won the three major American wine “book of the year” awards in 2001—from the James Beard Foundation, Champagne Veuve Clicquot, and the International Association of Culinary Professionals.

In addition to writing for Saveur, Lukacs regularly writes for The Washington Times and Washingtonian magazine. He has also written about wine on a freelance basis for Wine and Spirits, Food Arts, American Heritage and other magazines. Since 1999 he has worked as a wine consultant for restaurants in the Washington, D. C. area, helping select wines for wine lists, pair wine with menu items, and train wait staff. Lukacs has also served as a judge at numerous wine competitions, both in America and in Europe.

Lukacs is also a professor of English at Loyola College in Maryland. His academic specialty is 19th Century American literature, and he has published in leading academic journals in that field. He lives in Baltimore.