Originally published at: Wild video of streets flowing with 2.2 million liters of red wine after distillery mishap | Boing Boing
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Looking forward to next year’s Levira’s Running of the Wine. Screw Pamplona.
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I hope it didn’t flow into the ocean… because red wine doesn’t go with seafood.
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Quite a memorable day for the Portuguese versions of Homer out there.
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The good news is, from the New York Times article (emphasis added):
The spill lasted for no more than an hour, Mr. Carvalho said, and the local volunteer fire department helped clean up the roads. No injuries were reported.
It could have been worse. It could have been molasses.
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It’s ok, most Portuguese red wine is really really dry.
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Dip cups in street River of wine, filter through old pillow, drink dirty my friends!
Seriously, it’s better than drinking Listerine! (I have seen that done to poor effect)
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Pretty sure this was also a key plot element in Tom and Jerry
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I had a “Zin Lake” episode of about 80L on the basement floor. That hurt.
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If they don’t rename the street to Rio de Vinho, they’re missing a fun opportunity.
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I want to hear the ghost of Orson Welles lamenting about travesty of 2.2million liters of wine flowing through the streets.
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Came here to post just that!
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Isn’t this exactly how A Tale of Two Cities begins?
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