Want free wine all day long? Go to Italy. A free wine fountain was set up by local wine makers, Dora Sarchese, in the community of Caldari di Ortona, in Abruzzo Italy for people taking the Cammino di San Tommaso pilgrimage. However, tourists can also enjoy taking a glass of wine, but are warned not to abuse it free-flowing generosity.
It is recorded that thousands of people participate in the Cammino di San Tommaso pilgrimage in Rome and Ortona every year. Therefore, the idea to offer the drink has sprung.
This is not the first time Italy has prepared a wine fountain. In fact, in Venice, the city puts up it fountain in time for its annual carnival in St. Mark's Square. History also depicts king of ages having free-flowing wine in the royal courts.
The country is rich in wine and has festivals for celebrated annually. However, no one will be able to forget a 'miracle' misfortune happened nine years ago. The locals of Marino thought their water turned into wine when they turned their taps.
While they though it was a divine intervention from the Blessed Virgin Mary, it was mostly because of bad plumbing. And just this year, 400,000 bottles of wine were emptied out of spit for the company maker.
"It was a tremendous shock," told Ottavia Giorgi di Vistarino the 40-year-old countess who manages the family-owned winery, to the Telegraph. Moreover, according to the news, 'the saboteurs did not other damage to the estate and did not steal anything from the property, suggesting it was a deliberate act of spite.'
'A regional investigation is currently underway after reports some producers were "cutting" their wines with inferior grape varieties' said the report. And where else you get to taste Italy's wine than in January for the Second Annual Cougar Meets Italy on Jan. 25 to 26.
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