The TV series depicted Tucci sampling wine from a tiny opening in the wall of Florence’s Babae Restaurant, one of the first to resurrect the custom in 2020 as a way of preventing the spread of ...

Wine windows, or buchette del vino, rose to global fame thanks to Stanley Tucci's Searching for Italy and a fascination with old-world rituals. Today, more than 150 are visible across Florence.

With a friendly nod to the server, Tucci arranges for a “proper dessert wine” to be placed next to my plate, and before I know it, I am sipping on a sweet and sharp Tuscan classic Vin Santo.

Wine windows, or buchette del vino, rose to global fame thanks to Stanley Tucci's Searching for Italy and a fascination with old-world rituals. Today, more than 150 are visible across Florence.

Wine windows, or buchette del vino, rose to global fame thanks to Stanley Tucci's Searching for Italy and a fascination with old-world rituals. Today, more than 150 are visible across Florence.