Wine pours out of taps for lucky village residents in Italy

Residents in a village in northern Italy were given some respite from the coronavirus crisis when wine started flowing out of their taps.

And it wasn’t just any old wine, but red Lambrusco.

The local winery is connected to the water system but a malfunction of valves meant that wine started flowing in the other direction and got into the general water supply.

The problem was fixed quickly – but not before residents “bottled as much of the precious liquid as they could,” according to local reports.

The local council issued an apology for the incident on Facebook, but some residents complained the problem was fixed too quickly.

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