Over the centuries, Europe has suffered through plagues, pestilence and the Black Death. When Italy became the first Western country to be hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the city of Florence ...

As restaurants and bars across the US try to reconcile with a new contactless reality, Italy has already found a nifty solution. The boot-shaped country has revived a storied tradition to get its ...

Wine windows, also known as buchettes di vino, are becoming more prevalent in Florence, Italy, like this one located on the facade of the Palace of Borgo degli Albizi. andrea bonfanti / Alamy Stock ...

Small windows in Florence known as "wine windows" are seeing a resurgence as people look to get food and drinks while keeping socially distant during COVID-19. These beautiful little windows are known ...

TOPSHOT - A waiter puts a glass of wine in the "buchetta del vino" a small window to serve wine, a tradition which exists since the Renaissance period and that is typical in the streets of Florence, ...

Direct to consumer (DTC) wine sales in the U.S.—where producers ship bottles directly to households—bypass distributors and retail stores. This requires more sales effort by producers, but can be ...

It’s a quaint tradition — with a very dark history. Centuries ago, the bubonic plague, otherwise known as the Black Death, swept through Europe, killing one-third of the continent’s population at the ...

Following the Black Death, outbreaks of the bubonic plague swept across the world until the early 19th century. A major outbreak of the plague occurred in Italy in the 1600s, during which time ...