The podcast about local drinks and local sayings.
Created by Rose Thomas Bannister
▷S4E5 Sibling Harmony at Georgian Royal Wine
Ineza Karalashvili been making wine in the Kakheti region of Georgia for over sixty years, together with her brother Tamaz. Their family has been making and selling wine for generations before that, with forebears among the influential "Merchants of the First Guild" in the nineteenth century.
▷S4E4 Swirling Stems with Glasvin Founder David Kong
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!
▷S4E3 The Heart of a Language: William Cisilino talks Friulano
Dr. William Cisilino, a a leading expert and advocate for linguistic diversity, discusses his work promoting the Friulano language and the difference between a language and a dialect.
Ascolta in italiano / Listen in Italian
▷S4E2 Love from Solid Rock at Lokanda Devetak
Avguštin Devetak and his daughter Tatjana tell the story of the restaurant, inn and wine cellar that their family has built on the Karst plateau for six generations.
Ascolta in italiano
▷S4E1 Raw Shrimp in Venice
Rose Thomas Bannister, who was just honored as one of Wine Enthusiast Magazine's 2025 Future Forty tastemakers, reads part 2 of her Venice travel tale. A pretty but lonely afternoon leads to a seafood adventure and a midnight cruise around the lagoon.