a media project about local culture through drinks and dialect
Wine writer Rose Thomas Bannister was interviewing Italian farmers when she realized that Italy has as many local “dialects” as it has local grapes.
She wondered what would happen if we extended the concept of terroir—a wine’s sense of place—to include the local language.
Modo di Bere Podcast, Magazine and Travel Show investigate the connections between biodiversity and linguistic variation, in Italy and beyond, through local drinks and local sayings.
“Modo di bere,” way of drinking, is a pun on the Italian words for a saying, “modo di dire,” way of saying.
Wine and language newsletter:
“Bannister tells stories about wine through an artful, almost lyrical lens.”
—Wine Enthusiast Magazine
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