Italy's 'plague-free' wine windows enjoy pandemic renaissanceSmall "wine windows" were created in 16th-century Florence for landowners and wealthy families to sell the alcohol they produced directly to customers. FLORENCE, Italy: As 16th-century Florentines dropped like flies to the plague, survivors drowned their fears in wine, passed to them through small windows which are enjoying a renaissance during the coronavirus era. The landowners were only allowed to sell wine they had produced themselves, and only 1.4 litres at a time. To date, some 267 of the wine windows have been rediscovered in Tuscany, with 149 of them in the centre of Florence. An association called "Le buchette del vino" ("Wine Holes") now catalogues the windows, placing plaques below each one.

Source: Bangkok Post August 14, 2020 02:26 UTC