Puglia Differences: an occasional series on things that strike this Brit as so very Italian.
Over many years we have noticed that the Italians are generally moderate wine drinkers. Nowhere is that more apparent than in a restaurant. We have more than once seen a group of four share a bottle of wine and leave some in their glasses. This may not be so true of the younger generation of Italians from seeing them in the bars where they hang out; they do seem to have developed more of a taste for alcohol.
Recently we were in a restaurant where a table of six all left some unfinished wine. Such a waste.
Likewise, the couple on the table behind us left some in their glass.
That just would not happen in the UK - people would make sure they finished the wine that they paid for. Maybe it's to do with the cost of wine or our respective nations attitude towards alcohol - although to be seen to be drunk would still be a "brutta figura" round here.
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