Manuel Moraga Journalist & radio host

During and just after completing my Master’s in communication, I started working on a health and lifestyle program at Radio Nacional de España [Spain’s national state-owned public service radio broadcaster] and developed a particular interest in food and travel.

How did you get here?

Food led me closer to wine, but I didn’t see it as a separate ‘world’ in itself – it was always simply part of my life growing up in Castilla-La Mancha. On Fridays, I would take my bike to fill up our bottles of wine for the week. And I supported my studies by working harvest each year. In 2013, I was invited to create a wine segment for Radio Nacional’s Degustar España (‘Taste Spain’). Five years later, I became the program host and director, and kept running its wine section, but I felt I needed formal training, and started my WSET studies – which was when I discovered the ‘world of wine’ and realised I was, in fact, more passionate about it than I imagined. This led me to pitch the idea for a program solely dedicated to wine culture, which became Un País de Vino (‘A Country of Wine’) and first aired in October 2023.

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