Richard Leakey's wine

December 5, 2005 5:44 PM

I'm looking for a wine produced by Richard Leakey.

I'd like to get an anthropologist friend of mine a present and I'd like to find her a bottle of wine produced by Richard Leakey. Googling reveals that one run was named "Il Masin" but I can't find any place online or real world (in Los Angeles) that sells the wine. I'm guessing that wine making is a hobby rather than a business for Mr. Leakey. I'm asking AskMe on the off chance that someone out there knows a source.

posted by rdr to Food & Drink (5 answers total)

If all else fails, you might try contacting the Leakeys directly. Couldn't hurt to ask.
posted by Gator at 6:38 PM on December 5, 2005

Or you could call The Leakey Foudation at its headquarters in San Francisco.
posted by Gator at 6:46 PM on December 5, 2005

I'd send an e-mail to Elizabeth Manus, who wrote an article (PDF) on Leakey's wine.
posted by cerebus19 at 7:45 PM on December 5, 2005

If you find a connection for the wine could you update this thread? I'd love to get a bottle of this for a friend of mine.
posted by bshort at 10:11 PM on December 5, 2005

Yeah, me too -- let us know!
posted by librarina at 11:11 PM on December 5, 2005