BLAME IT ON RIOJA, a wine blog mostly about Spain’s premier winemaking region, is the online home for the tasting notes, travel dispatches, random thoughts, and thoughtful rants of Vibrant Rioja spokesperson Adrian Murcia, a New York-based sommelier, writer, educator, and unreformed lifetime Riojaphile.
About the Blog
BLAME IT ON RIOJA, a wine blog mostly about Spain's premier winemaking region, is the online home for the tasting notes, travel dispatches, random thoughts, and thoughtful rants of Vibrant Rioja spokesperson Adrian Murcia, a New York-based sommelier, writer, educator, and unreformed lifetime Riojaphile.
Adrian Murcia, the fromager and assistant sommelier at New York City’s Chanterelle, is a writer, educator, and consultant specializing in wine and cheese pairings and the gastronomy of Spain. His work has appeared in Santé, Saveur, Wine & Spirits, and on Condé Nast’s Epicurious.com. Adrian hosts quarterly wine and cheese Sunday Salons at Chanterelle and is a frequent guest lecturer at Murray’s Cheese in Greenwich Village and the Tria Fermentation School in Philadelphia. He became a media consultant and national spokesperson for Vibrant Rioja in September 2006.
