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Richard L. Elia is the creator and publisher of QRW: Quarterly Review of Wines. In addition to being president and publisher of QRW, he writes articles for every issue. He is also a full-time professor at Salem State College in Massachusetts.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Mr. Elia earned his Ph.D. in English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1972. He is the author of more than a dozen publications, primarily on the Victorian era and on maritime Boston painters of the 19th century. Also, he has an extensive maritime art collection, and his articles on the subject have appeared in Antiques Magazine.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Active in the community, mr. Elia participates in charitable fundraising for town libraries and hospitals. He is on the board of several corporations, including Quinlan Publishing, Boston University Hospitality, and Diderot. In 1980 he joined WGBH/PBS and became the creator of three major wine auctions at Channel 2/Boston, which he still oversees. The auctions have generated millions for public television programming.[CR-LF][CR-LF]A professional wine taster, Mr. Elia spends much of his summers traveling and tasting throughout major wine regions of the world.

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