In the coming weeks you’ll see some video postings from Laurie Forster, The Wine Coach®, so we thought we should probably tell y’all who she is! (drumroll please…)

Don’t be scared away by Laurie’s big fancy wine title (though she is a certified sommelier, wine educator AND a published author!). First and foremost, she’s a Mom to a spirited 7-year old daughter Michaela, and wife to husband Michael, a chef. She grew up in New Jersey in the 80s where wines were often in a box and pink (her first was Boonesfarm Strawberry Hill). She was a big (BIG) beer drinker until her job as a sales exec had her entertaining clients at fine dining restaurants where she was expected to select the wines. In order to not totally embarrass herself, Laurie decided to actually learn something about wine. And she fell in love.

Several years later Laurie founded “The Wine Coach” because she wanted to strip the pretentiousness away from wine and start playing up the fun part. (Wine? Fun? She’ll fit right in here!) Laurie writes for several magazines including Baltimore Style and What’s Up Annapolis. She’s a guest on radio shows across the country, including Martha Stewart Radio… and she’s the award-winning author of “The Sipping Point, A Crash Course in Wine” (a book which those of you in our wine club will receive with your first shipment)!

A few of Laurie’s step-by-step tasting videos can already be found on the “Video” tab on our Facebook page. Look for more to come shortly. PLUS… Laurie will be doing exclusive video wine tastings of each of the wines in our own Wine Club… so that we can learn about the wines as we sip (or chug) them.

For more on Laurie, visit her website or her Facebook page. Or just keep your eye out for her on our boards and wall… she likes to chime in!