Sparking wine lovers were devastated after footage emerged showing 30,000 litres of Prosecco going to waste when a fermentation tank exploded in Italy.
Video of the incident was posted on Facebook by the L’enoteca Zanardo Giussano winery and has reached over a million views.The post has attracted thousands of comments from grieving Prosecco lovers, many of whom are from Britain – the world’s biggest consumers of the drink.
It is unclear whether the tank had been overfilled by staff or whether the lid of the tank developed a fault.Fortunately for the region, wineries in Veneto have experienced one of the best harvests on record.Almost 600 million bottles are expected to be produced this year.
