How Wine Saved Florence from the Black Death

My mini obsession is wine windows..

These tiny holes in the walls of Florence aren’t just charming historical details, they literally saved thousands of lives during the bubonic plague. They’re called buchette di vino, or “little holes of wine,” and when I visited Florence, I had to see them for myself. Because the story behind these small openings reveals something fascinating…that we’ve been doing contactless delivery and social distancing for nearly 400 years without even knowing it.

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