Over a crowded table a glass is raised and a long wish is spoken, then a song that someone else picks up. Voices carry across courtyards and over mountain roads, and every region has its own accent, its own stories and its own way of pouring the wine.
The climate shifts as you travel: humid and subtropical in the west, drier and more continental in the east, with cold alpine air in the high mountains. A Local Friend walks beside you instead of ahead, translating a song, a toast or a shy smile as you go.