Two million litres of red wine flood streets of Portuguese village

It is enough to make a connoisseur weep – the sight of millions of litres of red wine flooding down the streets of a village in Portugal. The freak occurrence happened when two huge wine tanks burst at a distillery in São Lourenco do Bairro in central Portugal. Bemused locals watched as an estimated 2.2 million litres – equivalent to an Olympic-sized swimming pool - cascaded through the village on Sunday, swirling around street signs and parked cars. Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: Get the latest headlines: and are websites of The Telegraph, the UK’s best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and