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Modo di Bere: Wine & Language

Rose Thomas Bannister

The podcast about wine and language and the people who keep local culture alive. Travel through regional cultures from Calabria, to Texas, to Tuscany, to New York, learning about new drinks and dialects from wine educator Rose Thomas Bannister and her fascinating friends.

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S4E11 Italian Wine vs. American Fall & Winter Holidays

Modo di Bere: Wine & Language ·

2025/11/27

The best food and wine pairings have something called "muscle." Modo di Bere host Rose Thomas Bannister illuminates the Italian gems that will take your holiday wine pairings from the usual suspects to the sweet spot amid the tannin, acid, fruit and fat. Please enjoy the audio version of Modo di Bere Magazine's Fall & Winter Holiday Wine Pairing Guide. To read and refer to the written guide, visit mododibere.com/magazine, and don't forget to subscribe to the newsletter. For a review of the

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32:31

S4E10 Felipe Muñoz of Yola Mezcal

Modo di Bere: Wine & Language ·

2025/11/22

NYC bartender and brand ambassador Felipe Muñoz illuminates mezcal’s sense of place. Unlike crops that mature in a single growing season, agave plants grow for years or decades before being harvested for mezcal. Felipe shares what it’s like to work as a brand ambassador for the community-centered, woman-forward mezcal brand Yola, and teaches us some juicy drinking sayings from his native Colombia.Rose Thomas and Felipe do an in-depth tasting of Yola mezcal. They sip on a mezcal cocktail and share

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107:03

S4E7 The Boot in 20: Friuli-Venezia Giulia, with Paul...

Modo di Bere: Wine & Language ·

2025/10/26

The sheer exuberance of Paul Balke's devotion to Italian wine regions bubbles up like a glass of prosecco—which, we learn in this episode, did not originate in Veneto, but rather in the village of Prosek, near Trieste.This special, double-size installment of The Boot in 20 is a true deep dive. Even diehard fans of Friulian wines will learn indigenous grapes they've never heard of before. Those who listen to the end will get the skinny on the world's most exciting slices of ham! Note: Paul Balke

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50:29

S4E4 Swirling Stems with Glasvin Founder David Kong

Modo di Bere: Wine & Language ·

2025/09/27

David Kong loved drinking wine out of expensive handblown glasses but hated the sinking feeling every time one got broken. He wanted a handblown wine glass at a more accessible price, so started his own company to make it exist! David is a lifelong foodie and classical music fan who always wanted to start his own business. Now he sells his Glasvin wine glass line to restaurants and wine lovers all over the world. Rose Thomas identifies wine glass shape as a hot button for consumer anxiety as well

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55:43

S4E3 The Heart of a Language: William Cisilino talks...

Modo di Bere: Wine & Language ·

2025/09/20

William Cisilino is the director of ARLeF, an organization that promotes the Friulian language. He is a leading expert and advocate for linguistic diversity. Dr Cisilino and Rose Thomas discuss the health of the Friulano language today, both in northeastern Italy and around the world. He teaches Rose Thomas a Friulian saying and poem. They discuss intergenerational transmission, the connection between biodiversity and linguistic variation, the cultural functions of idioms, and who gets to decide if

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18:24

S2E4 Love from Solid Rock at Lokanda Devetak

Modo di Bere: Wine & Language ·

2025/09/13

When Tatjana Devetak's grandfather said he wanted to carve a world-class wine cellar out of the solid rock of the Karst plateau, everyone said he was crazy. "Who will come to see it?" people said, as he carved each stone by hand. Then the excavation uncovered a trench from World War I, buried below this family's extraordinary restaurant and inn, where travelers and locals alike have enjoyed the hospitality of the Devetak family since 1870. The extra space enabled the Devetak family to realize their

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14:23

S4E1 Raw Shrimp in Venice

Modo di Bere: Wine & Language ·

2025/08/19

Rose Thomas Bannister, who was just honored as one of Wine Enthusiast Magazine's 2025 Future Forty tastemakers, reads "Raw Shrimp in Venice," the second part of her travel story about her first trip to Venice. A pretty but lonely afternoon gives way to a seafood adventure and a midnight boat ride around the lagoon with new friends made through the magic of local slang and Select spritz. Read the profile about Rose Thomas in Wine Enthusiast magazine Watch this episode on

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49:38

S3E12 The Boot in 20: Marche (with Tiziana Forni)

Modo di Bere: Wine & Language ·

2025/02/06

For the Boot in 20 series, an expert brings an Italian wine region to life, talking grapes, wines, climate and tradition–and advice for planning a visit! For the Marche, Rose Thomas interviews Tiziana Forni, a native of Ancona and a wine professional who specializes in Italian wines.Tiziana explains the etymology of the plural region name "Le Marche." She shares sayings about and from Marche, and goes over the major and minor grapes and wines in this region, from white to red, to sparkling red, to

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S3E11 BONUS EP PREVIEW Italian Slang and American...

Modo di Bere: Wine & Language ·

2025/01/30

Deep cuts from Modo di Bere's interview with novelist, food writer and videomaker Giulia Álvarez-Katz. To hear the full episode, go to patreon.com/mododibere and become a supporter at the Podcast Lover level. Longtime fans of the podcast will remember Giulia's interview from Season 2 Episode 10. During the Italian interview, RT and Giulia took a meal break, pairing an Italian Aglianico with New York bodega classic, the chopped cheese sandwich. This is what they talked about: Italian accents

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S3E9 The Flyaway Girl at Home in Gibraltar

Modo di Bere: Wine & Language ·

2025/01/17

Travel creator Penelope aka The Flyaway Girl shares the romantic story of how she came home to Gibraltar. From the sound of Llanito, the local language, to the flavor of frozen Sun Cola in a sawed-off carton, Penelope paints a delicious picture of the territory built on a historic rock. This is especially impressive given that Penelope is a photographer with aphantasia, the inability to visualize images in her mind. Penelope didn't learn to take photos to supplement her travel writing; she came

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06:01

Funny Toasts From Around the World

Modo di Bere: Wine & Language ·

2024/11/26

Calabrian rhyming toasts. A drinking song from Padua. Kinetic toasts from France and Spain. Taiwanese dialect for “Bottoms up!” Modo di Bere host Rose Thomas shares funny drinking sayings from around the world in the Season Three trailer for the podcast about local drinks and local sayings. Never stop learning how to say cheers, wherever you go, whatever you like to drink. Video podcast now available! Watch this episode on YouTube @mododiberepodcast If you love this show and want it to continue,

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16:28

Venice Spritz Magic

Modo di Bere: Wine & Language ·

2024/11/21

Rose Thomas spills the prosecco on Italian swears, her favorite Italian gesture, the ultimate spritz recipe, and the bartender travel advice that could cure your ennui. This travel story episode reveals more background about the name "Modo di Bere" and RT's frame of mind as she claimed permission to enjoy her first visit to Venice. Referenced in the episode: Bele Casel Prosecco from Asolo DOCG Ca' Nigra Lagoon Resort If you love this show and want it to continue, support Modo di Bere on Patreon

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