Road becomes a river of red wine

2.2m litres of wine floods village in Anadia

From the mainland, the Portugal News reports that a river of 2.2 million litres of DOC red wine suitable for consumption flooded the streets of São Lourenço do Bairro, north of Coimbra in Anadia last weekend.

According to Diário de Coimbra, Sunday morning saw red wine cascade down Rua de Cima after two tanks burst at the Destilaria Levira.

The red wine poured down the street without causing any injuries and led to the flooding of the road and of at least one cellar as the paper reports.

According to the distillery, the liquid that was able to be collected was taken to a treatment plant.

The company “deeply regrets the incident”, but residents have protested against what the company considers an “incident”, the causes of which “are being investigated by the competent authorities”.

Thanks to Jaime for the link

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