Mateus Rosé bottles were much used at parties to hold candles as were Chianti bottles, the ones with as sort of raffia basket round the base. You'd need to drink a lot of the stuff to get enough bottles for a festive atmosphere. In St Andrews we were fortunate to be able to collect bottles from the bins behind the marquees set up for golf tournaments.
Baby Reindeer - anyone watched it?
To think that London, or anywhere else for that matter, does not belong to any one demographic