The Sipping Point Radio: Wine and Food

Laurie is joined in studio with C4 to talk Father's Day memories...then she catches up with Andrew Quin of Hentley Farm Wines rated top winery in Australia to talk Grenache and more!

This week Laurie talked wine with Manuel Louzada, Estate Director at Bodega Numanthia in the Toro region of Northwest Spain. After almost 10 years in Argentina, where Manuel Louzada had the opportunity to elaborate high quality sparkling and still wines for Bodegas Chandon, he was offered a new challenge with Bodega Numanthia.

Laurie sits down once again with Robert M Parker Jr founder of The Wine Advocate but this time to answer YOUR wine questions! The Wine Advocate has over 50,000 subscribers, in every state in the United States, and in over 37 foreign countries. Today, virtually every knowledgeable observer agrees that The Wine Advocate exerts the most significant influence on the serious wine consumer’s buying habits and trends not only in America, but in France, England, Switzerland, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Russia, Mexico, Brazil, and China.

This week Laurie talks to Bartholomew Broadbent, Owner, Broadbent Selections, Inc & Broadbent Wines and one of the world’s foremost authorities on Port and Madeira, Bartholomew is credited with being responsible for the growth of Port consumption in North America during the mid 1980’s and was responsible for the re-introduction of Madeira to America in 1989. In 1996, Broadbent Selections was founded with a focus family-owned wineries-on places with personality and stories, and on wines that come from the heart.

This week Laurie talks Beer and Food Pairing with Chef Teddy Folkman of Baroak in Annapolis and Dave Coleman of 3 Stars Brewing in DC. They'll taste 3 great brews along with food match to uncover the secrets of beer pairings.

This week we are addressing your questions on wine and wellness…what wines to drink if you are watching your weight, have migraines or even seasonal allergies. Find out which wines are the best to consume if you suffer allergies, headaches or just want to drop some pounds! - See more at: http://www.thewinecoach.com/wines-drink-avoid-allergies-headaches-weight-loss/?preview=true&preview_id=7289&preview_nonce=696afa4eb6#sthash.QunBwtRU.dpuf

Laurie sits down with head brewer Stephen Jones to talk about 3 of his amazing brews and expansion at Oliver Ales in Baltimore.

This week Laurie's tasting a few great wines from one of her favorite wine regions in France, the Rhone Valley. She's joined in studio by Al Spoler co-host of Cellar Notes who has brought a few wines for us to taste…we’ll also here about a trip he has this Fall where you can tour this incredible wine region yourself.

This week Laurie is talking to Wine Entertainment superstar Rex Pickett author of Sideways—the book, the play and of course the iconic movie. Then we’ll find out about the City Winery popping up around the country where they create the perfect pairing of food, wine and music!

Listen in as Laurie Forster, The Wine Coach talks team building with wine, tastes a few great Spanish wines and breaks down the recent new of arsenic in wine.

This week we are featuring two great Roses that are perfect for your Easter Ham! Laurie found these gems on her recent trip to Charleston Wine & Food Festival where she met some amazing winemakers that had just the perfect wines for the upcoming holiday.

Then Laurie catches up with Sonoma Winemaker Greg La Follette at the 2015 Charleston Food & Wine Festival to find how he makes world class wines that reflect the beauty of the vineyards.

This week we are on location at The Avalon Theatre in beautiful downtown Easton talking to Marketing Director Tim Weigand…we’ll taste a couple of the delicious wines you can sip while enjoying all types of entertainment from Theatre, Comedy, Concerts and we'll talk to piano sensation Jim Brickman! Jim's show at the Avalon is on March 27th.

This week we are gearing up for St Patrick’s Day with John Resuing of Bad Decisions. We’ll taste 2 of his favorite Irish Whiskies and he’ll introduce us to a special St Patrick’s Day cocktail he created especially for us on The Sipping Point.

This week Laurie's tasting some hometown brews with Hugh Sisson of Heavy Seas Beer. We’ll find out about some of the new things happening at Heavy Seas and how you can meet Hugh in person at the Harford Community College’s Wine Expo tomorrow!