The Bible may claim that Jesus turned water to wine, but most of us in modern times haven't been blessed with those rare mixology skills -- until now.
The Bible may claim that Jesus turned water to wine, but most of us in modern times haven’t been blessed with those rare mixology skills—until now.
Last week in Marino, Italy, the locals got a sweet little surprise when they turned on their water taps to find that their standard water had been replaced by sparkling white wine.
“I was going to mop the floor with it but I immediately noticed a sweet smell from the tap and it was also slightly yellow - I recognized instantly it was wine,” a Marino resident named Anna told the Telegraph.
“I called my neighbors and they turned on their taps and it was the same—the word quickly spread and everyone filled up bottles and plastic containers with the wine.”
Many were shocked and delighted by the strange switch, and hailed the event as a miracle. As it turned out, though, the transformation has a more commonplace explanation: human error. The white wine had been intended to flow from the main fountain in Marino’s town square during the annual Marino Grape Festival, but the wine was accidentally fed into the pipes that supplied water to the town’s homes.
While festival officials were a bit annoyed to lose their supply of wine for the town square fountain, the free supply of sparkling wine certainly gave the locals another reason to celebrate.