In 2008, wine started flowing through taps in dozens of homes during a grape festival in Italy due to a technical error.
90% of all wine produced in the world is meant to be consumed within a year or two from when it’s made —an older wine is not always better.
Comet Lovejoy released as much alcohol as the amount found in 500 bottles of wine every second during its peak activity.
Meteorito is a Cabernet Sauvignon wine that was aged in a barrel with a 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite for a year.
Louis X of France died after a particularly exhausting game of tennis. He drank a large quantity of cooled wine and subsequently died of either pneumonia or pleurisy.