In vino vanitas In Vino Vanitas there is an evident reference to the famous Latin proverb “In vino veritas” attributed to Pliny the Elder. In fact, this proverb seems to derive from a broader phrase from ancient Greece, attributed to Alcaeus of Mytilene, who recites: "In vino veritas, in aqua sanitas", which literally seems to pour water over the wine. In Vino Vanitas it is not a simple play on words, transforming the loquacity that alcohol gives from Veritas to Vanitas according to the use made of the word in freedom (which in this case has nothing to do with the futurist poet Marinetti). ; It is undoubtedly true that wine can help freedom of expression, but it is also a fundamental element of coexistence, with its moderate alcohol content, it disinhibits but also allows a certain decorum to be maintained. As an Italian, I grew up surrounded by wines of many categories and spent years bottling wine as a family. Bottling itself is a moment of special conviviality, now lost in the supermarket-dependent city life. But if it is true that we find truth in wine and health in water, it is because we must consider that water is to quench thirst and wine to savor life: they are very different things and should not be confused. It is in the balance between these two elements that we find the beauty of being together, of sharing time and a glass, without this Truth becoming the Vanity of the title.