92. The Curious Case of the Wine Windows of Florence
Untold Italy travel podcast
Katy Clarke
4.6 • 659 Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Well, over 150 wine windows or buchette del vino have been identified in Florence. Our guest, sommelier and photographer Robbin Gheesling, joins us to share the stories and myths around this unique architectural feature, where to find them and how they've been adapted into the life of modern Florence.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Untold Italy travel podcast and you're listening to episode number 92. |
| 0:11.8 | Ciao at all and benvenuti to Untold Italy, the travel podcast where you go to the towns and villages, mountains and lakes, hills and coastlines of Bella Italia. |
| 0:23.5 | Each week your host, Katie Clark, takes you on a journey in search of magical landscapes, history, culture, wine, gelato, and of course, a whole lot of pasta. |
| 0:35.2 | If you're dreaming of Italy and planning future adventures there, |
| 0:39.0 | you've come to the right place. |
| 0:50.8 | Goodgiorno, Ciao. Hi everyone. I hope you've been having a great week so far. Today, I'm excited to be |
| 0:57.3 | sharing something that speaks to two of my passions, history and wine. I'm taking you back to |
| 1:02.6 | Florence and introducing you to something you may not notice when you first visit the Renaissance |
| 1:07.1 | city or even on your second or third trip. But once you know about them, |
| 1:11.9 | you'll be on the lookout on each and every street. And they are the wine windows or doors |
| 1:17.0 | where historically Florentines filled their bottles with local wine from the country estates |
| 1:21.5 | of noble families and went on their merry way, having paid what they owe through the window, |
| 1:26.2 | without direct contact with the |
| 1:27.9 | seller. So mysterious. As a wine and history lover, when I found out about these little wonders, |
| 1:33.4 | I was shocked. Wait, what? How have I not known about these before now? And how can I get one for |
| 1:38.5 | myself? Our guest today is Robin Giesling, an American sommelier and photographer who chanced upon this uniquely Florentine curiosity several years ago and has since made it her passion. |
| 1:50.4 | Robin works with the Bucete delvino Association in Florence and their historians to help uncover the history of the windows. |
| 1:57.9 | She has recently produced a beautiful photographic book documenting the wine windows |
| 2:02.0 | and runs tours to help you discover them for yourself. So I'm absolutely thrilled to have her |
| 2:06.9 | join us on the show today. Benveno to Robin. Welcome to the Untold Italy podcast. Good morning, Katie. |
| 2:14.3 | Thanks for having me. Oh, thank you for joining us from beautiful Florence today. How is it there at the moment? |
| 2:19.9 | The clouds have broke. It was nothing but rain yesterday, so it's a beautiful day. |
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