Many bars and restaurants have initiate selling takeoutcocktailsand other alcoholic drinkable to stay in business sector — and keep customer safe — during thecoronavirus pandemic . Meanwhile , 17th - century Florentines are for certain applauding from their front - row arse in the afterlife .
As Insiderreports , a number of buildings in Florence had been constructed with small “ wine-colored windows , ” orbuchette del vino , through which seller trade wine directly to less affluent customers . When the city tolerate an outbreak ofplaguein the 1630s , business owners recognise the note value of these windows as a room to serve people without spreading microbe . They even exchange money on a metallic element tray that was sanitized with acetum .
Things eventually went back to normal , and the windows tardily fall out of fashion entirely as commerce practice of law develop . This year , however , they ’ve made a riposte . consort toFood & Wine , there are currently at least four in operation around Florence . Osteria delle Brache in Piazza Peruzzi is using its window to deliver wine-coloured and cocktails , for example , and the Vivoliice creamshop , a go - to dessert spotsince1929 , is handing out sweet scoops and coffee through its formerly dormant aperture .
Apart from the late resurgence of interest , thewinewindows often go unnoticed by tourist drawn to the splendor of attractions like the Uffizi Gallery and the Florence Cathedral . So in 2015 , locals Matteo Faglia , Diletta Corsini , and Mary Christine Forrestestablishedthe Wine Window Association to render some bombilation . In add-on to explore the story of the window , they also keep a runninglistof all the ones they know of . Florence has roughly 150 , and there are another 100 or so in other parts of Tuscany .
They ’re hoping to append a plaque near each window to elevate their stories and discourage people from defacing them . And if you want to support their work , you may evenbecome a memberof the organisation for € 25 ( about $ 29 ) .
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