An ancient window that serves wine when people knock has re-opened during pandemic to follow social distancing rules.<br /><br />The Wine Windows, or buchette del vino, were used by winer makers in Tuscany, Italy to sell wine during plague that took place in the 17th century.<br /><br />The production was mainly carried out for private use by old aristocratic families who owned land and vineyards outside the city walls.<br /><br />There are more than 150 windows built into stone buildings in downtown Florence, as well as some in surrounding Tuscan cities and towns that sell wines.<br /><br />With bars and restaurants now having to follow social distancing rules, the windows have started to function as a practical way to sell wine and limit the risk of spreading the Covid-19 coronavirus. Italy is one of the worst hit countries in Europe.<br /><br />In the video, tour guide Martina Arezzinis took her guest to the famous wine window with a tiny arch-shaped windows similar to the typical doors and portals of the ancient patrician palazzo in Florence, Tuscany, Italy on March 27.<br /><br />She said: "I am happy to show tourists the famous place in Italy especially the wine window and tell them the beautiful things and history."
