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What awaits you:
The Italian reverent attitude to wine
I will introduce you to the most famous wine windows, as well as the most unusual, the most ancient, the youngest and, finally, those that … were not used to sell this tempting drink at all.
• During the walk, you will understand why the Florentines preferred wine to other drinks, even water;
• You will discover a curious “wine detail” of the Florentine Baptistery;
• I will tell you who obliged to dilute wine with water, and who did not like this rule;
• Find out what the oldest city taverns look like;
• What “crazy” tradition has been held annually in Florence for many centuries in a row;
• Who was allowed to sell wine, and what strict rules these lucky ones had to follow;
• How wine was sold during the plague epidemic of the 17th century;
• Who was the most eccentric Florentine innkeeper in the 16th century;
• Who came up with the formula for the famous Chianti wine and who later officially described it.
• And also, I will help you feel like Florentines of past centuries, and for this we will taste the divine nectar according to the old custom! @ Source: https://www.sputnik8.com/ru/florence/activities/45507-vinnaya-florentsiya-istoriya-samogo-populyarnogo-napitka-vseh-vremyon#
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