Robbin Gheesling lived in Florence from 2013-14 while obtaining a master's degree in Italian Studies from Middlebury College. She is now writing a book about the wine doors of Florence and runs Vineyard Adventures wine travel consulting company.
The flood of 1966 may have destroyed many things, but it also uncovered a priceless artifact plastered over long ago: in the days following the alluvione, a wine door resurfaced ...