Here’s the video Robert and I were talking about this morning on the #KiTC Morning Show…
Two large wine containers broke yesterday in the town of Levira, Portugal, which lead to the streets being flooded with wine. pic.twitter.com/hw6avobgje
— Brain Quest (@AweInspireMe) September 11, 2023
A city in Portugal has plenty to whine about — and plenty of red wine — after a distillery’s tanks burst and sent 600,000 gallons of red wine pouring through the town.
The tanks were owned by Levira Distillery, which has apologized to the community and offered to cover all costs related to clean-up and repairs. No injuries were reported, though the wine did flood into one resident’s cellar. Quickly after the spill started, firefighters redirected the river of wine away from the town’s reservoir and toward an open field.
A video showing the red wine rushing down a hill in the town of São Lorenco de Bairro, about 140 miles north of Lisbon, went viral online. Officials say that prior to this spill, there was a wine surplus at the distillery due to rising inflation and food costs since 2020. (NBC News)