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The Sipping Point: Wine, Food & More!

Author: Laurie Forster

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Learn the recipe for a delicious life each week with Laurie Forster, sought after speaker, certified sommelier and author of the award-winning book The Sipping Point: A Crash Course in Wine. Subscribe to The Sipping Point Podcast where each week Laurie will provide a fresh (and fun) look at the world of food, wine, spirits, travel and all that’s delicious in life.


Laurie’s witty, no nonsense style is sure to be a breath of fresh air in the sometimes stuffy culinary world. Even though Laurie’s a certified sommelier, an award-winning author and wife to a world class chef, she’s not afraid to admit her first wine came from a box!


Prepare to get practical, valuable and down-to-earth information from local and celebrity winemakers, chefs, brewers and more. She’ll also be taking your questions, so if there is something you’ve been dying to know about wine, food or anything else, prepare for an edu-taining answer.


Make a note to tune into The Sipping Point Podcast each Wednesday. You’ll learn, laugh and gain a new perspective on what’s in your glass or on your plate!


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What makes a wine vacation truly unforgettable? It's not just the famous châteaux or the expensive bottles. It's the people, the stories, and those magical experiences you could never arrange on your own! This week on The Sipping Point, Laurie Forster, The Wine Coach, reunites with longtime friend and wine travel partner Pascale Bernasse, owner of French Wine Explorers. Their story began 20 years ago with a wine tour to Piedmont, Italy, and today they're creating extraordinary small-group adv...
What if the best way to enjoy wine isn't about finding the perfect bottle, but finding someone to share it with? This week on The Sipping Point, Laurie welcomes Kimberly Charles, wine industry veteran and co-founder of Come Over October, a movement created with Karen MacNeil and Gino Colangelo to celebrate wine's unique ability to bring people together. From casual gatherings with neighbors to themed wine nights, Kimberly shares how a simple invitation can create meaningful connections and la...
Can a $65 Cabernet really compete with a $200 bottle? And do those 90-plus-point wine scores still matter? This week on The Sipping Point, Laurie Forster, The Wine Coach, sits down with Austin Hope, winemaker and owner of Hope Family Wines, to talk about what makes Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon special, why wine doesn't have to be intimidating and what you're really getting when you spend more on a bottle. Austin's family has been growing grapes in Paso Robles since 1978, and today Hope Fami...
What happens when a winemaker stops trying to put his stamp on a wine—and lets the vineyard do the talking? This week on The Sipping Point, Laurie sits down with acclaimed Santa Barbara winemaker Greg Brewer, the force behind Brewer-Clifton and Diatom, to talk Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and why sometimes the best winemaking decision is to do less. Greg shares his unlikely journey from teaching French at UC Santa Barbara to taking a $5.50-an-hour tasting room job that changed the course of his lif...
What happens when a former rock band manager decides to make wine? If you’re Charles Smith, you don’t just join the wine business—you do things your own way. Charles joins Laurie to talk about his unconventional journey from managing indie rock bands in Europe to becoming one of Washington State’s most recognized winemakers. Along the way, he created hugely successful brands including House Wine, Kung Fu Girl and Wines of Substance, while earning some of the wine world’s highest accolades. Bu...
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