A glass of wine…served out of a window 🍷
In Florence, Italy there are tiny little windows built into the side of most noble palaces. And from these tiny windows, wine is served.
Affectionately known as “buchette del vino”, Florence’s wine windows date back to the 16th Century, and were a means for noble families to sell their wine directly to the public. Their usefulness, however, really became apparent during the Covid-19 pandemic, and doubled as a unique solution to minimizing contact and halting the spread of illness.
We explore the history and preservation of these wine windows, and how they are still used today. Watch as @JacobHarrell guides you through this story. 🚀
#Italy #Florence #Wine
00:00 Have you missed these?
00:30 Meet Matteo
00:49 History of Wine Windows
01:56 Pietrabianca
03:17 Where are these windows?
Lead Producer – Jacob Harrell
Executive Producer – Gen Ingham
Assistant Producer – Giulia Ausani
Editor: Jacob Harrell
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If you’ve been here before, chances are you’ve missed something hidden behind the hustle and bustle of Florence’s famed streets. I don’t Small windows and sounds of little bells reverberating around the famed vineyards. This is the story of the Bearcat, Delfino. Or to you and I. Florence’s wine windows.
There was, however, a use of the wine windows that nobody had foreseen. Fast forward 400 years and history began to repeat itself. Places like this one.
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Will you be adding this window wine tasting experience to your travel bucket list? 👀🤭
Renaissance social distancing – who knew? Nonetheless, hooray for Jacob! Let's request more Jacob – kilt optional…
Watching during school lol, great video.
انا اختكم من اليمن والله ماتكلمت الا من جوع ومن ضيق الحال انا وامي واخوتي نستقبل رمضان بالعبرٱت والدموع نحن في حاله لايعلم بها الا الله حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل في من اوصلنا الى هاذا الحال 💔💔وًّالَلَهَ الَعَظَيَمَ مَا كتَبَتَ هَذا الَمَنَاشَدَهَ غَيَرَ مَنَ الَضَيَقَ وّالَفَقَر يَاعَالَمَ حَسَوّا فَيَنَا ارَجَوّكمَ وّالَلَهَ الَعَظَيَمَ رَبَ الَعَرَشَ الَعَظَيَمَ انَه الَاكلَ مَا فَيَ عَنَدَيَ بَالَبَيَتَ وًّالَلَهَ يَا اخَوّانَيَ انَهَ اخَوًّنَيَ بَقَعَدَوًّ بَالَيَوًّمَيَنَ مَافَى اكلَ وًّالَلَهَ وًّضَعَنَا كثَيَرَ صَعَبَ نَحَنَ 4 نَفَرَ دَاخَلَ الَبَيَتَ وًّابَيَ مَتَوًّفَيَ وًّلَا يَوًّجَدَ مَنَ يَعَوًّلَ عَلَيَنَا وًّسَاكنَيَنَ فَيَ بَيَتَ اجَارَ لَانَسَتَطَيَعَ دَفَعَ الَاجَارَ الَلَيَ بَاقَيَ عَلَيَنَا ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' اخي اول كلامي انا اقسم بالله على كتاب الله اني لااكذب عليك ولا انصب ولا احتال اني بنت يمنيه نازحين من تعز انا واسرتي بيننا ایت الشهرب 14 الف يمني والان علينا 42 الف حق 3 شهور وصاحب البيت من الناس الي ماترحم والله يا اخي انه يجي كل يوم يبهدلنا ويتكلم علينا ويريد من البيت للشارع لانناماقدرنا ندفعله الأجار شافونا الجيران نبكي ورجعو تكلمو الجيران ومهلنالاخره الأسبوع معادفعنا له حلف يمين بالله هذا بيخرجنا إلى الشارع رحمه واحنا. بلادنا بسبب هذا الحرب ولانجد قوت يومنا وعايشين اناوامي واخوتي سفار والدنا متوفي الله يرحمه ومامعنا أحد في هذا الدنيا جاانبنا في هذه الظروف القاسيه اخوتي الصغار خرجو للشارع وشافو الجيران ياكلو واوقفو عند بابهم لجل يعطوهم ولو كسره خبز والله الذي له ملك السموات والارض انهم غلفو الباب وطردوهم ورجعو یبکو ایموتو من الجوع ما احد رحمهم وعطلة ردها لقمت عیش والان لوما احدنا ساعدنا في إيكيلو دقيق اقسم بالله انموت من الجوع فيا اخي انا دخيله على الله ثم عليك واريد منك المساعده لوجه الله انشدك بالله تحب الخير واتساعدني ولو ب 500 ريال يمني مع تراسلي واتساب على هذا الرقم00967737726277 وتطلب اسم بطاقتي وترسلي ولاتتاخر وايعوضك الله بكل خير اخواني سغار شوف كيف حالتهم وساعدنا وأنقذنا قبل أن يطردونا في الشارع تتبهدل أو نموت من الجوع وانا واسرتي نسالك بالله لولك مقدره على مساعد لاتتاخر علينا وجزاك الله خيررا`@$%*-))())–*&%$#@@@
that is awesome
I got lost about 200 times filming around the city for this one! 😅 Could have been the wine though I suppose… But what a city and great characters, thanks for sending me out to film here GBS!
Love it!
Applause to passionate people like Matteo who preserve underappreciated traditions!
That`s a great idea actually….
Hello.. I was looking for a video about a guy working on a video game ,(mostly but him self ) for a long time . I was wondering if it was this channel and if you could repost it
Now I really wish I had check this out when I was in Florence last year
Looks all delicious and amazing
Yep there are a lot of them in Florence !
Isn't it just a drive thru window?
Me: I don't have a drinking problem.
16th Century Italian Nobles: We should have a system of holes across the city that will hand us a glass of wine whenever we want.
beautiful, amazing city. if you needed a reason to go, here you are.
A sunset walk along the river, a glass of wine from the hole in the wall, followed by a bistecca alla Fiorentina neraby. One of my favourite memories from Florence.
MOLTO INTERESSante
Adding this to my bucket list.
Love you guys. So glad you’re back and bringing us really cool in-sites to culture like this.
I do love me an Aperol spritz, and I have tried a limoncello spritz before as well and it's pretty good. But the Aperol will always be my primary go to drink. Oh…yes!
Great video. Wine windows are a novel little thing I hadn't ever heard about and the video is in the same style as your older videos (the better style, if I may).
Oh my your guide pointed these out! She was a treasure when I went abroad summer of 2019.
GBS Nice
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so glad to have this channel back!
Wouldn't passing the dirty glass back through the window defeat the purpose during a pandemic?
0:01 why does this statue have cake
Thank you for sharing this very interesting video
We were in Florence/Tuscany in May.I was on a wine tour as I love Italian food and especially the wine. I completely forgot about the windows! But it was a fantastic trip! If you can make the trip to Italy you must go! Bellissimo!
it doesn't mean window, it means little mouth, like literally "Little Mouth of Wine" which is way better than window (which would be finestra)
man its sad seeing gbs not even break 200k these days
Italians are very forward thinking
Nice and fresh editing guys! Love the vid
Wow.. A local history 😍😍😍😍
You guys are back!!!! Congrats!!! 🎉
So cool