Paul Lukacs, Author at Wine Review Online

What Really Matters

by Paul Lukacs | May 24, 2011

Wine is a sensory pleasure. Of the five senses, smell and taste obviously come first in providing that pleasure. The...

by Paul Lukacs | May 17, 2011

Ernest Cockburn once famously declared “the first duty” of any port wine “to be red.” Contemporary consumers and critics apparently...

by Paul Lukacs | May 10, 2011

Tannins in red wine are something we feel, not taste. Sadly, too few wine drinkers get to feel them these...

by Paul Lukacs | May 3, 2011

Nicolás Catena is widely acknowledged to be the father of contemporary Argentinean wine. He inspired first his native Mendoza region,...

by Paul Lukacs | April 26, 2011

Jess Jackson, who lost his battle with cancer last week, sure could pick winners. In the last decade of his...

by Paul Lukacs | April 26, 2011

by Paul Lukacs | April 19, 2011

For centuries, complexity has been the principal sign or marker distinguishing special from basic wines, what the French called vins...

by Paul Lukacs | December 27, 2010

“Context” apparently became my wine watchword in 2010. As I look back over the year trying to remember its best...

by Paul Lukacs | November 17, 2010

Since everyone agrees that no single wine can be “perfect” at the groaning Thanksgiving table, why not choose a wine...

by Paul Lukacs | March 31, 2010

It’s no joke. Effective April 1st, Prosecco, the increasingly popular but often very simple-tasting Italian fizz, will be elevated to...

by Paul Lukacs | December 28, 2009

[We’ll be running our contributors’ picks for the best wine performances for 2009 on a dialy basis through the end...

by Paul Lukacs | November 20, 2009

While my wife gets to fantasize about a Thanksgiving feast prepared by Thomas Keller (see Marguerite’s 11/18 blog), I’m the...