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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Richard’s 2021 Thanksgiving Wine Recommendations

It’s time for my annual Thanksgiving wine recommendations. As a locavore and also as a historian, I promote drinking locally, especially since Thanksgiving is an East Coast tradition (first celebrated at Berkley Hundred on the James River in Virginia, on Dec. 4,...

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UPCOMING EVENTS

 

Thurs. December 9th: Author book signing of Beyond Jefferson’s Vines, 3rd edition, at Barren Ridge Vineyards, Fishersville.

Sat. December 11th: Author book signing of Beyond Jefferson’s Vines, 3rd edition, at Ankida Ridge cottage in Charlottesville, 214 Ridge St., 1:00-3:00 p.m.

 

 

 
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