I don't know what it was like in the Soviet Union, but when I first went to Poland in 2006, the drinks lists in restaurants and bars would say "wine - x Złoty" amongst a host of beers and spirits. By the next visit a couple of years later, it had expanded into "white wine - y Złoty, red wine - z Złoty"!
Re: Martha - slightly snobbish thought
I don't know what it was like in the Soviet Union, but when I first went to Poland in 2006, the drinks lists in restaurants and bars would say "wine - x Złoty" amongst a host of beers and spirits. By the next visit a couple of years later, it had expanded into "white wine - y Złoty, red wine - z Złoty"!