A vineyard in Caldari di Ortona, Italy, has created a wine fountain along the Camino di San Tommaso pilgrimage route, offering free red wine to hikers and tourists 24/7. The fountain is part of a project promoting pilgrimage, but the vineyard has warned “drunkards” and “sluts” are not welcome. The route leads to the cathedral where Saint Thomas the Apostle was buried, who is sometimes referred to as Doubting Thomas due to his initial disbelief in Jesus’ resurrection.
Every year thousands of pilgrims walk the Camino di San Tommaso in central Italy, from Rome to Ortona, to visit the cathedral where Saint Thomas the Apostle was buried. In 2016 the owners of the Dora Sarchese vineyard in the small town of Caldari di Ortona created an oasis for thirsty hikers along the pilgrimage route. At the vineyard’s wine fountain, hikers on the pilgrimage route (and everyone else) can stop for a glass of red wine, pumped free of charge from a fountain available 24 hours a day.
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The fountain, part of a project promoting pilgrimage to tourists, is similar to a fountain that popped up along the Camino de Santiago in Ronda, Spain, a few years ago.
“The wine fountain is a welcome, the wine fountain is poetry,” wrote vineyard Dora Sarchese on its Facebook page, reminding potential visitors that “drunkards” and “sluts” are not welcome.
St. Thomas was one of the original 12 apostles. Because of his initial disbelief in Jesus’ resurrection, he is sometimes referred to as Doubting Thomas. He was present at the Sea of Galilee when Jesus appeared to all the disciples.
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