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PORTRAIT OF A WINE PROGRAM Lucas Paya, ThinkFoodGroup by Kelly A. Magyarics / photos by Greg Powers A s Wine Director for José Andrés' ThinkFoodGroup, you'd think that Lucas Paya would find the notion of creating and maintaining the wine lists for all 15 of the chef's concepts to be quite daunting. But his philosophy is decidedly straightforward. "I think this is a pretty simple process. José comes up with a concept based on food, we then move to create an approach that will represent his vision, and lastly we develop the wine list." Lucas Paya at the Washington, D.C., offices/ lab/test kitchen of ThinkFoodGroup, which is the HQ for all of José Andrés's concepts. 106 / the tasting panel / june 2013 TP0613_080-119.indd 106 5/23/13 5:31 PM