--- --- # An Italian Town Has a Miraculous Wine Fountain—and It’s Totally Free by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 17, 2016 4:43 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 17, 2016 4:43 PM UTC Stop what you’re doing and start planning your next vacation—and don’t forget to pack a [wine glass](http://time.com/4431632/rihanna-wine-glasses/?iid=sr-link2). A vineyard in the Abruzzo region of Central Italy has installed the tourist destination of your dreams, a wine fountain, [_Mashable_](http://mashable.com/2016/10/17/wine-fountain-italy/#iOVwrKanMOqq) reports. This magical destination is exactly what it sounds like, a fountain that flows 24-hours a day with red [wine](http://time.com/4373428/blue-wine/?iid=sr-link1). And the best part is that the wine is completely free. This so-called _fontana di vino_ is located in the Dora Sarchese [vineyard](http://time.com/4312478/wine-coffee-microbiome-health-study/?iid=sr-link4) in the small town of Caldari di Ortona, which sits on the Italian pilgrimage route of Cammino di San Tommaso. According to [_The Local_](https://www.thelocal.it/20161012/the-first-wine-fountain-just-opened-in-italy-and-its-free), the fountain is a joint project of the vineyard and a non-profit group that works to protect the pilgrimage route. It was inspired by a similar wine fountain that opened on Spain’s pilgrimage route, the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, a few years ago. The Italian fountain is open to all travelers who find themselves thirsty for a glass of the locally grown, locally made [wine](http://time.com/4070762/red-wine-resveratrol-diabetes/?iid=sr-link3), so long as you’re not a “drunkard” or “lout,” of course. According to the vineyard’s [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010049022291&fref=ts) those people are not invited and will have to make due with boring old water fountains instead. (H/T [Mashable](http://mashable.com/2016/10/17/wine-fountain-italy/#iOVwrKanMOqq)/[The Local)](https://www.thelocal.it/20161012/the-first-wine-fountain-just-opened-in-italy-and-its-free) Free Wine Fountain in Italy ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4533184/wine-fountain-italy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4533184/wine-fountain-italy/"},"headline":"An Italian Town Has a Miraculous Wine Fountain—and It’s Totally Free","datePublished":"2016-10-17T16:43:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:42.802Z","description":"Start planning your next vacation","url":"https://time.com/4533184/wine-fountain-italy/","keywords":["Newsfeed","wine","Travel","Italy","food and drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4533184/wine-fountain-italy/","name":"An Italian Town Has a Miraculous Wine Fountain—and It’s Totally Free"}}]}] ```