Wine windows in Florence are the world’s oldest takeout service!
This video takes you to Florence, Italy to discover the ingenious buchette del vino (wine windows) – tiny hatches carved into the walls of palaces that have been serving wine since the 1400s. Originally created as a tax-dodging scheme for noble winemakers, these architectural curiosities gained new importance during the Black Plague as the world’s first contactless delivery system.
You’ll learn how these medieval drive-thru windows allowed merchants to serve customers without physical contact during historic pandemics – a solution so effective some reopened during COVID-19 after centuries of disuse. The video shows authentic wine windows still in operation today, maintaining their original function after 600 years.
Discover this fascinating intersection of history, architecture, and practical innovation that predicted modern pandemic protocols by over half a millennium.
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