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Paul Lukacs

Paul Lukacs is the author of American Vintage and The Great Wines of America. A James Beard, Cliquot, and IACP award winner, he has been writing about wine and its cultural contexts for nearly twenty years. He is a professor of English at Loyola University of Maryland, where he directs the University's Center for the Humanities. He lives in Baltimore.

Awards

Books by Paul Lukacs

  1. Book CoverAmerican Vintage: The Rise of American Wine


    Winner of the James Beard Foundation, International Association of Culinary Professionals, and Clicquot Wine Book of the Year awardsMore

  2. Book CoverThe Great Wines of America: The Top Forty Vintners, Vineyards, and Vintages


    The stories behind America's finest wines, and the people and places that have made them so admired today.More

  3. Book CoverInventing Wine: A New History of One of the World's Most Ancient Pleasures


    "Meticulously researched history…look[s] at how wine and Western civilization grew up together." —Dave McIntyre, Washington PostMore