This week’s contest:
TEXAS vs CALABRIA
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On Saturday morning at 11:59 New York time, the season with the fewest votes WILL BE ELIMINATED.
Wine Doc Face Off is a crowdfunding tournament
WINE DOC FACE OFF: a crowdfunding campaign for Modo di Bere TV
We've filmed 8 seasons of a wine + language travel show on three continents.
Now YOU decide which season we edit and release first!
Your support pays artists, musicans, and editors to turn our footage into 30+ episodes of a wine and language travel show that revels in local culture.
Are you ready to get this show on the air?
TEXAS
VALTELLINA
CALABRIA
FINGER LAKES
PIEMONTE
NIGERIA
THE DOLOMITES
NORTH ADRIATIC
Eight seasons shot on three continents!
with new contests and content every week through March!
Feb 14 -21: Texas v Calabria
Feb 21 - 28: Piemonte vs The Dolomites
Feb 28 - Mar 7: Valtellina vs The Finger Lakes
Mar 7 - 14: Nigeria vs Northern Adriatic
Mar 14 - 21: Left Bracket Semi-finals
Mar 21 - 28: Right Bracket Semi-finals
Mar 28 - Apr 4: Finals
Apr 11: WINNER ANNOUNCED
Where your money is going
FAQ’s
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Yes! The winner airs first. Then the semifinals, then the other seasons.
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The crowdfund is the quickest way to deliver this project to the people.
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If you've got a grant or sponsor we should pursue, please connect us! We're definitely looking into that, too.
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Watch for an announcement about additional episodes and locations in early April!
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We're excited to launch on YouTube—and open to additional distribution channels. Are you interested in hosting a screening or distributing the show? Get in touch!
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Send us a message, we'd love to hear from you!
an award-winning 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 decided to extend 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.
“Bannister tells stories about wine through an artful, almost lyrical lens.”
—Wine Enthusiast Magazine
“ugh I love your page always and seeing my culture being talked about and platformed is amazing!!!”
—Mila from TikTok
“Smart, funny, and endlessly curious.”
—Michaele Weissman, author, “The Rye Bread Marriage" and “God in a Cup”
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