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PODCAST

Modo di Bere: Drinks & Dialect

Rose Thomas Bannister

Learn about wine and language with Rose Thomas Bannister and her fascinating friends from Italy and around the world on the podcast about local drinks and local sayings!

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All Episodes

40:43

Through Bacco’s Door: Nobile News from Montepulciano

Modo di Bere: Drinks & Dialect ·

2023/11/07

Rose Thomas interviews Andrea Rossi, president of the Consorzio of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. Silvia Loriga, who works at the Consorzio, translates for Andrea. She also describes the medieval city where she was born in such a captivating fashion, Rose Thomas planned a trip to walk through the Porta di Bacco as soon as possible. Big news from the Vino Nobile DOCG is the new Pieve system, geographical subzones that should be rolled out on the labels of Montepulciano's top wines starting in 2024

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05:57

Mesa by Mesa: Advice from Navajo Artist Elmer Yazzie

Modo di Bere: Drinks & Dialect ·

2023/10/20

Rose Thomas reports from a month on the road for Modo di Bere, a trip that’s taking her from Texas to New Mexico to Italy. After sharing a phrase from Salerno that she was taught by winemaker Silvia Imparato, RT relays similar advice from Elmer Yazzie, an artist and teacher who recently organized the third annual Indigenous People’s Day Trail Ride in New Mexico and the Navajo Nation. Elmer’s full interview will be published later on the Modo di Bere YouTube channel. Wherever this week takes you,

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44:24

Texas Wine with Shelly Wilfong

Modo di Bere: Drinks & Dialect ·

2023/10/10

Shelly Wilfong, host of the podcast This is Texas Wine, takes Rose Thomas through the map of the USA's fifth-largest wine producing state. Rose Thomas likes Shelly's podcast so much, she scheduled a trip to Texas to learn more. Texas is larger than France, with diverse terroirs, beautiful tasting rooms, talented winemakers and the occasional prize saddle. Check out Shelly's podcast and her excellent website full of resources for the Texas-Wine-curious: https://www.thisistexaswine.com/ If you love

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05:23

Bestial States, the ”Girly” Glass and the Sicilian...

Modo di Bere: Drinks & Dialect ·

2023/10/03

Welcome to Season 2 of Modo di Bere! Rose Thomas returns from a summer of research and adventure, kicking off the season with a collection of hangover sayings from around the world. Rose Thomas defines "modo di bere" and shares her journey as a Nebraskan folk singer, Minnesota bartender, New York City sommelier and Italian dialect enthusiast. If you love this show and want it to continue, please support Modo di Bere on Patreon! www.patreon.com/MododiBere Follow @mododibere on Instagram, TikTok and

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39:56

The Raw Rush of Survival: Wine Tour Driving with Rose...

Modo di Bere: Drinks & Dialect ·

2023/06/20

On the road for Modo di Bere, Rose Thomas records the story of how she overcame her trepidation about driving in Italy and Spain and embraced the thrill of the wine tour driving that brings her such adventures as meeting mules at midnight on a mountaintop in the Sierra Nevadas. She shares the elements of winery tours, lessons learned when renting cars overseas, and how falling in love with wine is to fall in love with the landscape. Towards the end, Rose Thomas shares the story behind the name

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45:12

Glass on the Table: the Multi-Instru-Lingualism of Ou

Modo di Bere: Drinks & Dialect ·

2023/05/21

Ersilia Prosperi, the composer of the Modo di Bere theme music, and her illustrious producer Amy Denio play together in Ou, a band that sings in a myriad of dialects. This episode includes clips of Ersilia's compositions for Ou in Spanish, Italian, French, Sardo, and Pygmy. Ersilia, Amy and Rose Thomas swap naughty toasts and discuss the various personalities expressed through different languages and different instruments. This is the second Modo di Bere episode to date where someone (Amy) says she

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57:58

The Boot in 20: Campania (with Susannah Gold)

Modo di Bere: Drinks & Dialect ·

2023/05/09

Why does Rose Thomas joke that Italy is "sommelier kryptonite"? Is there hope for wine students staring down this complex country? Of course there is! Enter the new Modo di Bere sub-series The Boot in 20. For each of Italy's 20 wine regions, Rose Thomas asks an expert to bring the map to life. Her guests identify major grapes, wines, soils and microclimates. They tell us stories about each region's history, consider the future in terms of climate change, and share advice about planning a visit

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35:10

Language is a Door: Lindsay Szper of Culture Without...

Modo di Bere: Drinks & Dialect ·

2023/04/28

Are children really better at learning language than adults? Is an unknown language a "barrier," or a door to another culture? What is an idiom, anyway? Lindsay Szper and Rose Thomas refer to Hannah Arendt on the mother tongue, James Baldwin on good bread, and the power of friendship to learn a language and to repair the world. Lindsay studies language pedagogy at The New School and is working on a masters in Oral History at Columbia. Listen to Certificate in Teaching English program at The New

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37:15

”What I Need is a Friend”: Lindsay Szper of Culture...

Modo di Bere: Drinks & Dialect ·

2023/04/21

Lindsay Szper and her pals believe the best way to learn language is through friendship. Modo di Bere agrees! Lindsay is a language teacher and a language learner by vocation. She’s studying language pedagogy at The New School and working on a masters in Oral History at Columbia. In this deep, funny, sweet and smart interview, Lindsay tells Rose Thomas about the community-based language school she started with her friends. She also shares stories about her remarkably multilingual grandparents, the

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57:21

Wine Makes Blood: Sicilian-American Folksinger...

Modo di Bere: Drinks & Dialect ·

2023/04/12

As a drummer, storyteller, singer and culture-keeper, Michela Musolino is heir to sacerdotesse, the Sicilian priestesses depicted on ancient vessels leading the party with their jingle-bedazzled drums. As a Sicilian-American child in New Jersey, Michela couldn't stand not understanding what all the grown-ups were laughing about. She made the study of Sicilian language and culture her life's work even before she started to sing. Michela shares her deep experience with Sicilian folk instruments,

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21:46

Spew Assertively: Wine Fair Wisdom with Rose Thomas

Modo di Bere: Drinks & Dialect ·

2023/04/07

A happily exhausted Rose Thomas, still in Verona for the Vinitaly fair, records an episode of wine fair wisdom, including: Verona taxi tips, how to spit, how to pack for an Italian wine fair, how to find balance, and how to joyfully accept that there's no "winning" Italian wine knowledge--the diversity of Italy is too vast. And that's the fun: you might as well just jump into the river. Phrases from today's episode: "Una gatta frettolosa fa i gattini ciechi" Far more colorful than the English

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40:03

Horse-crazy: Roberto di Filippo on Traditional...

Modo di Bere: Drinks & Dialect ·

2023/03/31

Bebe, Diamante, and Pioggia are a team of Italian horses who practice organic viticulture in Umbria with Roberto di Filippo. Roberto got into working with horses when he and his wife Elena opened a second winery in Romania with their partner Roberto Pieroni. Naturally, he made friends with a couple of Amish farmers to ask for advice. Roberto tells Rose Thomas the whole story as they taste and discuss wines made from the local grapes of Umbria and Romania's Danube

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59:44

The Full Belly Sings, Not the Fancy Shirt: Calabrian...

Modo di Bere: Drinks & Dialect ·

2023/03/22

Peppe Voltarelli is a songwriter and actor who travels all around the world singing in Calabrese, the Calabrian dialect. He and Rose Thomas taste a wine from the Cirò DOC. They discuss moving from Cirò to Bologna, and from Nebraska to NYC. They swap sayings, and both Peppe and Rose Thomas perform live songs! Peppe demonstrates how the tarantella rhythm changes from region to region all over the south of Italy, and shows how the spiky--spigoloso--Calabrian dialect is perfect for expressing that you

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28:08

Presidents, and Friends: Teresa Bruno & Ilaria Petitto

Modo di Bere: Drinks & Dialect ·

2023/03/17

Raised in the purest air, where waterfalls cascade down the forested hills of Campania, Teresa Bruno and Ilaria Petitto became friends by chance. Now Teresa is the president of the consorzio for the Southern Italian wine region of Irpinia, and Ilaria is the vice-president. The two winemakers introduce the historic local grapes of Irpinia: Greco di Tufo, Fiano di Avellino, and Aglianico (including Taurasi). They explain their work for the consorzio and impart their best advice for discovering new

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38:28

Dr Rebecca Lawrence Dons Her Wine Jacket

Modo di Bere: Drinks & Dialect ·

2023/03/09

Dr. Rebecca Lawrence is a wine educator, running enthusiast, podcaster, and the Head of Editorial for Wine and Hip Hop. She and Rose Thomas discuss minor(?) wording differences in insults from Verona and Friuli, Rebecca's BBC accent, rap in wine study, and the best advice for people with dreams to get started in wine or any other grand adventure. For more information on Rebecca's work with Jermaine Stone at Wine and Hip Hop, check out the Wine and Hip Hop website: www.wineandhiphop.com. Listen

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04:38

Modo di Bere

Modo di Bere: Drinks & Dialect ·

2023/02/28

Introducing the Modo di Bere podcast, Rose Thomas Bannister's interview show about local drinks and local sayings. Rose Thomas shares sayings from Italy, Spain and Philadelphia that seem to discuss whether it's healthier to drink water or wine. Find out more about the project, including how to listen in Italian, at www.mododibere.com. Music composed by Ersilia Prosperi for the band Ou: www.oumusic.bandcamp.com Audio assistance by Steve Silverstein

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