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DELIGHTED families toasted a miracle when WINE started flowing through their taps.
Locals rushed to fill up bottles and containers when the phenomenon began during their annual grape festival.
But the truth emerged as the mayor and VIPs gathered in the square for a festival tipple.
The fountain in Marino, Italy, should have been flowing with chilled white wine. But festivities fell flat when revellers found only the usual water.
A pipe from the local vineyard was supposed to be linked to the fountain — but plumbers connected it to the domestic supply instead.
One housewife said: “I’d filled a bucket ready to mop the floor when I noticed it was wine. Everyone thought it was a miracle, but I don’t think the mayor was happy.”
Locals rushed to fill up bottles and containers when the phenomenon began during their annual grape festival.
But the truth emerged as the mayor and VIPs gathered in the square for a festival tipple.
The fountain in Marino, Italy, should have been flowing with chilled white wine. But festivities fell flat when revellers found only the usual water.
A pipe from the local vineyard was supposed to be linked to the fountain — but plumbers connected it to the domestic supply instead.
One housewife said: “I’d filled a bucket ready to mop the floor when I noticed it was wine. Everyone thought it was a miracle, but I don’t think the mayor was happy.”
