A small, arched wooden door frame embedded directly into the stone wall marks the wine window at Cantina De' Pucci. During the seventeenth century, plague-stricken families in Florence used these tiny openings to purchase flasks of wine…
Historic Wine Windows Walk
Search the stone facades of Florence for the tiny arched windows once used to buy wine during plagues. This walk guides you through hidden alleys to find both beautifully preserved relics and active windows where you can still order a glass.
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1. Cantina De' Pucci (Restaurant & Wine Window / Buchetta del Vino)
2. Da Lino Ristorante-pizzeria
The butter-yellow facade of Da Lino stands out on the narrow street because of the rows of drying pasta hanging in the front window. Lino himself opened these doors in nineteen eighty-four, deciding to focus on the traditional recipes of…
3. La Buchetta del vino dello Strozzino
A small, arched wooden door frame embedded in the thick stone wall marks the Buchetta del vino. These tiny openings allowed noble families in seventeenth-century Florence to sell surplus wine directly from their cellars to passersby…
4. Buchetta del Vino Belle Donne | Historic Wine Window
A small arched wooden door sits set into the stone wall at street level, just wide enough for a wine flask. These buchette del vino, or wine windows, appear throughout Florence, but this one remains famous for its history. During the…
5. Il Latini
Il Latini stands out for its legs of prosciutto hanging from the ceiling beams, an interior that feels more like a crowded, boisterous family cellar than a restaurant. Narciso Latini opened this shop in the nineteen thirties as a place for…
6. BABAE
The facade of BABAE is painted a deep, matte olive, broken only by the wooden frame of a small, rectangular opening set directly into the stone wall. This is a buchetta del vino, or wine window. While other such openings in Florence were…