Richard Leahy is East Coast Editor and Director of Eastern Programs for Vineyard & Winery Management, the leading wine industry trade journal for North America. He coordinates the seminar program for Wineries Unlimited, the largest trade show for the wine industry in the East, and also coordinates the International Eastern Wine Competition, one of the oldest and largest in the country.

Mr. Leahy is currently enrolled in the Second Year program for the Institute of Masters of Wine. Other writing credentials include being Mid-Atlantic and Southern Editor for the Oxford Companion to the Wines of North America, and short pieces on wineries of eastern North America in Decanter.

Mr. Leahy has been a judge in the International Eastern Wine Competition, the Grand Harvest Awards, and regional competitions in the Mid-Atlantic, and was invited to participate in the Master Napa Valley program in September 2004, designed for the industry’s most promising wine professionals. A graduate of William and Mary, Mr. Leahy also holds a Master’s degree from the University of Virginia and lives in Charlottesville, VA.