Paul Lukacs, Author at Wine Review Online

A New Wine Paradigm?

by Paul Lukacs | May 30, 2018

As someone who studies and writes about wine’s history, I’ve been thinking lately that we just might be in the...

Climate Change Means Wine Change

by Paul Lukacs | February 21, 2018

Last year was a worldwide wine calamity. From wildfires in Chile, South Africa, Portugal, and Spain, not to mention California,...

Looking Back

by Paul Lukacs | January 3, 2018

This year marks my 25th of writing professionally about wine–the quality of specific bottles in columns and reviews, as well...

Two New Paradigms

by Paul Lukacs | October 18, 2017

The contemporary wine world largely defines quality in terms of varietal typicity, the ability of a wine to taste of...

The Folly of Winespeak

by Paul Lukacs | September 6, 2017

What’s the deal with the way critics talk about wine? Otherwise sensible people become astonishingly fanciful when it comes to...

Natural Wine: Really?

by Paul Lukacs | July 20, 2017

There has been a lot of talk lately about “natural wine.” What does that term mean? There’s no official definition,...

Southern Burgundy: Where Chardonnay Doesn’t Taste Like Chardonnay

by Paul Lukacs | June 6, 2017

More than any other grape, Chardonnay is responsible for the internationalization of style and taste that has transformed the world...

Don’t Pity Poor Pinot Blanc

by Paul Lukacs | May 3, 2017

Poor Pinot Blanc. It belongs to a very famous wine family, but its sibling, the rich, noble Pinot Noir, gets...

Where the Values Are

by Paul Lukacs | March 15, 2017

Along with my friend and Wine Review Online colleague, Michael Franz, I recently finished tasting some 2,400 wines in my...

Forget Natural Wine

by Paul Lukacs | February 1, 2017

Wine certainly is natural. That is, it doesn’t need human intervention to exist. When the skins of ripe grapes (or...

Vintage Champagne for the Holidays

by Paul Lukacs | December 14, 2016

Celebrations call for Champagne. For centuries, this one wine has launched ships, enlivened parties, heralded peace treaties and sporting championships,...

Ports in Chilly Storms

by Paul Lukacs | November 2, 2016

Port is the ideal cold weather wine. With the forecast here on the east coast calling for the first frost...