Water to wine? Red wine flows from faucets in homes in Italy

Because of a malfunction at a local winery, about 1,000 liters of ready-to-be-bottled wine went through the pipes into about 20 homes.

News 12 Staff

Mar 7, 2020, 8:27 PM

Updated 1,672 days ago

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No one likes plumbing issues, but people who live in northern Italy might not have minded too much when wine flowed from their faucets instead of water.
About 1,000 liters of ready-to-be-bottled wine went through the pipes into about 20 homes.
It was all because of a malfunction at a local winery.
The town's deputy mayor admitted the glitch was a moment of cheerfulness for Italians dealing with the coronavirus outbreak.