EWE Conference Manager Richard Leahy is featured in two interviews, both available in the following link from The Patriot-News/PennLive. The primary interview is from Paul Vigna with an embedded link to a video interview from Tassie Pippert and Un-Wine’d.
Richard has organized major wine industry conference seminar programs from Pennsylvania to Minnesota since 1997, and has been writing about wines of Virginia and the East since 1986. In 2007 he organized the Virginia Wine Experience in London which brought the top 64 Virginia wines there for leading British wine media and trade to taste. He was a regional editor for Kevin Zraly’s American Wine Guide, and was Mid-Atlantic and Southern Editor for the Oxford Companion to the Wines of North America. He was East Coast Editor of Vineyard & Winery Management for over ten years. He is a member of the Society of Wine Educators and the Circle of Wine Writers. Richard’s book on Virginia wine, Beyond Jefferson’s Vines, now in a third edition, was first published in 2012 by Sterling Publishing. He also has a website and blog focused on wines of the East at www.richardleahy.com.
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Eastern Winery Exposition
The Eastern Winery Exposition is the largest trade show and conference in North America east of the Pacific Coast. The 3-day event features in-depth workshops and conference sessions focused on viticulture, enology and marketing/management, a trade show with 200+ exhibiting companies; License to Steal, a national wine marketing conference; Meet the Experts; and multiple networking and social events. Details are available at EasternWineryExposition.com. The next EWE will be held at the Oncenter in Syracuse, March 12-14, 2024.
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Contact:
Richard Leahy at richard@easternwineryexposition.com
Paul Vigna at pvigna@pennlive.com