Richard Leahy is a wine author and wine industry consultant specializing in regional wines east of the Rockies. He has been reporting on the wines of Virginia and other regional wine states since 1986. Richard works with numerous wineries, associations and state agencies, and is the Conference Manager for the largest wine industry trade show on the East Coast, the Eastern Winery Exposition.

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My 60 Favorite Wines of 2019

This is my annual list of my favorite wines of 2019. I tasted maybe a hundred or more wines from around the East (Virginia, Finger Lakes and SW Michigan) and liked even more than these, but had to limit this list to the two and three star wines…and just a very few...

Trump Winery Fires Seven Undocumented Workers–After Harvest is Done and Before the Primary Season

As reported in the Washington Post on 12/31, the Trump Organization fired seven migrant workers at the Trump Winery without appropriate legal work permits. This happened nearly a year after the Trump Organization pledged to dismiss any workers without immigration...

UPCOMING EVENTS

Author Book Signing at Ankida Ridge Vineyards,

Saturday December 7th,

3:00-5:00 pm

Richard will sign/personalize copies of his definitive book on Virginia wine, Beyond Jefferson’s Vines, at Ankida Ridge Vineyards (via Rt. 60 west of Amherst). For details and directions, visit https://ankidaridge.com/events/.

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