An Italian restaurant is rewarding diners with free wine but you’ll have to make a big sacrifice [Video]

An Italian restaurant is turning the tables on a 21st century dining habit by offering customers free wine if they ditch their phones.

We’re probably all guilty of leaving our phones perched on the table next to plates and glasses when eating at a restaurant.

When we’re not scrolling while using the loo, getting social media updates while commuting and tapping our touchscreens for notifications, our phones are also close by when we eat.

But the Al Condominio Ristorante Italiano in Verona, Italy, has come up with a deliciously boozy way to stop this trend.

Diners will be offered free bottles of wine if they separate themselves from their devices for the duration of the meal, hiding them away in special lockers.

Angelo Lella, owner of Al Condominio, said the aim is for customers to communicate with each other, rather than look down at their gadgets.

‘We wanted to open a …