Join The Arnold Arboretum on Friday, November 15, from 6:30 – 8:30 in the Weld Hill Building, 1300 Centre Street, Roslindale, for a lecture and informal wine tasting with Paul Lukacs, professor by day and wine connoisseur by night. Paul will speak on the subject of his most recent book in which he chronicles the 8,000 year history of wine, from spiritual and bodily nourishment to an everyday pleasure.
Paul is the author of Inventing Wine: A New History of One of the World’s Most Ancient Pleasures; American Vintage: The Rise of American Wine, winner of the James Beard Foundation, International Association of Culinary Professionals, and Clicquot Wine Book of the Year awards; and The Great Wines of America: The Top Forty Vintners, Vineyards, and Vintages. He has been writing about wine and its cultural contexts for nearly twenty years. Attend the lecture and sample several vintages (must be 21 or older). $40 ($30 if an Arnold Arboretum member.) Phone 617-384-5277 to register.
