Anthony Dias Blue

Life Anthony Dias Blue was born to Gertrud and Amherst College,

Career Blue had a long-running feature spot on WCBS radio in New York City. The subject of the feature was restaurant reviews and lifestyle subjects, mostly associated with food. Later the program was expanded to include reporting about wine. Now called the Blue Lifestyle Minute, the feature has been on every day for more than 30 years (except for the two weeks following 9/11). Blue received a James Beard Award for the Minute in 2001.

A separate, localized version of The Blue Lifestyle Minute began airing in 1999 on KFWB in Los Angeles. In 2009, this feature moved to KABC along with the addition of a new weekend show called "The Taste Buds" co-hosted with Meridith May and Merrill Schindler. In 2014 Blue left KABC and moved The Blue Lifestyle Minute to KNX (AM) 1070. This brings Blue's listenership to over 200,000. He died in Los Angeles on December 25, 2023, at the age of 82.

San Francisco Competitions Blue acquired the San Francisco International Wine Competition, the largest international wine competition in the US (nearly 4,500 wines entered in 2017).

In 2000 Blue launched the San Francisco World Spirits Competition which has become the second largest spirits competition in the world. It is the biggest in the US with more than 2500 entries in 2017.

Past publications In 1978, Blue became West Coast Editor of Food & Wine magazine. In 1980, Blue became Wine and Spirits Editor of Bon Appétit Magazine, a position he held for 26 years. He also wrote a weekly syndicated wine column that appeared in the Bay Area, first in the San Francisco Chronicle and then in the San Jose Mercury News. For 10 years, Blue wrote and edited the Zagat Guide for northern California for his friend Tim Zagat, with whom he attended Riverdale.

The Sommelier Journal In December 2013, The Tasting Panel acquired The Sommelier Journal with Blue as the new Editor-in-Chief along with a team of top wine and hospitality industry writers. The first issue of the refreshed publication was distributed in Spring of 2014.

Blue Lifestyle Blue ran the producers of wine and food events, creating large trade tastings, wine seminars, lunches, and dinners for wineries and wine associations around the world.

Other In 2001 Blue was the color commentator on the short-lived reality television series Iron Chef USA.