Water turns into Wine on Marino’s Faucets: Almost a Miracle

Imagine turning the faucet on in your kitchen and instead of water, wine comes flowing.
This is what happened recently in Italy to the happy residents of Marino during the local Grape Festival.
Some called it a ‘miracolo’ (miracle).

Well it was not quite so, more like a ‘plumbing’ error as someone at a local winery pumped wine into the public water supply instead  of the public fountain at the center of town as is the custom reports Nick Pisa in Wine flowing from Italian taps is hailed as a ‘miracle’ (Telegraph, UK, October 8).

Adding to my knowledge of Italian history, the article taught me that the grape festival known as ‘Sagra dell Uva’ commemorates "the return of admiral Marcantonio Colonna to his hometown of Marino following his famous victory over the Turks at the Battle of Lepanto in October 1571. The town sent more than 250 sailors to the battle".
The festival takes place on the first Sunday of October (since 1924) to give thanks for their safe return".

Thanks God, the wine on tap was white.

I also learned from Wikipedia that Marino follows the grape event every second Sunday of October with a Doughnut Festival (Italian: Sagra della ciambella al mosto): "The doughnut (ring-shaped cake) made with
flour, raisins and must (grape juice) is a typical product, a
"marinese" cake, of limited production, only in the time of vintage, a
tradition based on a recipe of the 17th century".

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