Beyond Jefferson's Vines: The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia
Richard Leahy began writing about wine with a regular column in the Connection Newspaper Group in 1986, and In 1993 he began contributing to theCharlottesville Business Journalon the emerging Virginia wine business, as well as toVineyard & Winery Management, where he was made East Coast Editor, a position he held for a decade. Under Bruce Cass and Jancis Robinson MW he was Mid-Atlantic and Southern Editor for the groundbreakingOxford Companion to the Wines of North America(2000) and a regional editor forKevin Zraly's American Wine Guide(Sterling, 2008-09). He wrote the foreword toVirginia Wine From Grapes to Glassby Walker Elliott Rowe (2009, The History Press) and was featured by Todd Kliman in his bookThe Wild Vine(2010, Crown Publishing/Random House). He is a member of the Society of Wine Educators and the Circle of Wine Writers and was enrolled in the Master of Wine program for four years. He presented a seminar at the annual conference of the Society of Wine Educators in July 2010 on “Top Virginia Wines Today” and is a member of the Board of Directors of “Drink Local Wine.”