Red or White?

I asked for an Amstel in a small taverna on a small Greek island.  The waiter said something to me that I did not quite catch the first time he said it.  "Bottle or draught?" he repeated.  I was not expecting to be offered draught Amstel in Greece, especially in such a small taverna.

I was reminded of an occasion many years earlier.  I was in Italy in the late 1970s, staying at a youth hostel.  I was eating in the self service restauarnt, and had reached the check out.  the person at the till said something that sounded like "Red or white" in English.  I sometimes find that, when listening to a foreign language being spoken that I do not understand, I subconsciously try to make sense of what is said; and that involves trying to hear sounds that make sense in English.

"Red or white" made no sense at all.

The person at the till said "Which wine would you like, red or white?"

I was expecting the youth hostel to be teetotal, not selling wine!

I can't tell yes from no

I was looking at the Amstel (Greece) website, wondering why the current Greek Amstel bottle mentions a gold medal won in Amsterdam in 1883.  Hasn't Amstel won any medals since 1883?  Is the date of the awardf menat to be a talking point, to get people talking about Amstel.  I'm writing about Amstel, so there must be some benefit in mentioning an award won as along ago as 1883.

But the first page contained some Greek text, followed by the words "Nai" and "Oxi".  I understood that the Greek was asking me if I was over 18; if I was in any doubt, the url included "agecheck".  So what did I do - click "Oxi" for "OK".  "NO" I almost shouted as soon as I had clicked, of course I know that "Nai", sounding like "no" means "yes"; and "Oxi" sounding like "OK" means "no".  Obvious, isn't it?!

At the second attempt I clicked "Nai", and was allowed in.  But there was no English version, and I could not see a search box (I intended searching for "1883").  So I went to Amstel.com.  In English.  And saw a heritage video mentioning early awards.  Still wondering why awards as early as 1883 are mentioned on the label!