Hot and Cold Running Wine

Via: casinadellorologio.it/it/location/Marino/

Now THAT is living!

If even for just a couple of hours.

The town of Marino has a tradition of hosting a grape festival (Sagra del’Uva) to celebrate the source of their local wine, Frascati. As part of the festival they drain the Fontana dei Mori (Fountain of the Four Moors) and pump wine through it (piped straight from the vineyard). Locals can dip their glasses or have them filled using hoses. Sounds heavenly to me as I have long enjoyed Frascati wines made from Trebbiano, Greco and Malvasia grapes and produce a pale straw colored, fruity and slightly effervescent wine.

Except this year one nearby woman reported a ‘miracolo’. The wine accidently ran through her plumbing.

Never fear! Residents rescued with wine by pouring it into bottles and containers. Still for a moment doesn’t it sound heavenly?

I thought so too.

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