Age-old Tuscan tradition of 'wine holes' reaches NYC. The custom of selling wine in glasses from holes in a building's walls, eliminating the middleman innkeeper, dates back to the 17th century in Florence.
A vintner's at Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 'Please Tell Me', is to trial the method of sale at weekends from April 10, selling the wine in closed glasses to get round New York's ban on open glasses of alcohol in public. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA.