Paul Lukacs, Author at Wine Review Online

New and Old in California

by Paul Lukacs | May 14, 2014

There has been a lot of talk lately about a new style of California wine–one allegedly marked as much by...

by Paul Lukacs | March 19, 2014

Imagine a wine that smells sweet but tastes dry. That paradoxical combination would make it seem simultaneously sumptuous and stimulating,...

by Paul Lukacs | November 27, 2013

Next month marks the eightieth anniversary of what back then was simply termed “repeal,” the passage of the Twenty-first amendment...

by Paul Lukacs | October 23, 2013

It’s starting to get cold here in the east. The forecast calls for the first frost of the season this...

by Paul Lukacs | September 4, 2013

One of the most significant development in grape growing and winemaking over the past twenty-five years has been the emergence...

by Paul Lukacs | July 30, 2013

Here’s a toast to Cyrus Redding, one of the most important figures in the 8,000-year history of wine. Wait, you’ve...

by Paul Lukacs | May 8, 2013

Saying that California wines taste rich and ripe belabors the obvious. Everyone knows it already. What I like to call...

by Paul Lukacs | March 13, 2013

With wine as with real estate, value is determined in large measure by location. Much as when buying a house,...

by Paul Lukacs | February 19, 2013

Wine nostalgia simply does not make sense anymore. We live in an age of unprecedented quality, with more good wines...

by Paul Lukacs | January 4, 2012

WINERY OF THE YEAR: Herdade do Esporão (Alentejo, Portugal) Alentejo (sometimes called the Alentejo) lies south and east of Lisbon. ...

by Paul Lukacs | October 19, 2011

In the on-going debates about contemporary wine styles, alcohol levels, and the like, one often hears it said that wine’s...

by Paul Lukacs | September 9, 2011

The ongoing battle between advocates of wines made with international grape varieties in an international style (read flamboyantly fruity...