Free red wine fountain opens in Italy

The town of Caldari di Ortona in Abruzzo has installed a free, 24-hour wine fountain. The fountain was put in place by the Dora Sarchese winery and is primarily designed to quench the thirst of pilgrims taking the Cammino di San Tommaso, thousands of who pass by every year. English and Welsh wine was the most drunk tipple, making up 44 per cent of the total booze consumed in 2015, the same as in 2014. The government’s cellar, which was established in 1922, contains 33,669 bottles of wine and spirits with a total stock value of £809,990 – while in the shops the cellar would cost you an estimated £3.25million.