house wine
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House wine (vino della casa) is typically served in a carafe (caraffa) or quarter/half litre. In Italy, house wine is often local and of decent quality — it is not necessarily inferior to bottled options.
Prendiamo una caraffa di vino della casa, rosso.
We'll have a carafe of house wine, red.
Il vino della casa in questo ristorante è sorprendentemente buono.
The house wine in this restaurant is surprisingly good.