Levira Distillery Explained

Levira Distillery (Destilaria Levira) is a distillery in São Lourenço do Bairro, Anadia, Portugal, founded in 1923.

According to Público, Levira is one of the country's largest distilleries.[1]

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Levira partnered with Super Bock to make about 14000l of hand sanitizer from 56000l of alcohol used in beer.[2] [3] [4]

In 2023, the distillery amassed a large quantity of wine in storage due to a European wine surplus. Inflation increased prices on food and drinks and consumers were drinking less wine both in Portugal and in the countries it typically exports to. This, combined with a productive grape harvest, led to increased storage.[5]

On 10 September 2023, a "structural failure" in a storage tank of red wine caused it to collapse. The force of its contents spilling out knocked over a second tank, resulting in about 2200000l of wine flowing down Rua de Cima in the village of São Lourenço do Bairro.[6] [7] [8] As of the following day, though the road and at least one basement flooded, there were no injuries.[9] [10] Local officials issued an environmental warning out of concern that the wine could contaminate the Certima River.[11] The local fire department closed access to the road and tried to divert the wine away from the river into a field, which Levira then began to dredge.[12] The distillery issued a statement taking responsibility and committing to clean it up. Clips of the incident went viral on social media.[13] The cause of the accident is undetermined.

References

  1. Web site: Lusa . 23 March 2020 . Coronavírus: Bairrada quer produzir gel desinfectante a partir de aguardente vínica . 12 September 2023 . . pt-PT.
  2. Web site: Maria João . Caetano . 29 March 2020 . Ventiladores, testes, máscaras. Investigadores e empresas nacionais procuram soluções . 12 September 2023 . . pt-PT.
  3. Web site: Rui . Neves . Super Bock e Levira convertem álcool de cerveja em gel desinfectante para o SNS . 20 March 2020 . 12 September 2023 . . pt-PT.
  4. Web site: Pinto . José Volta e . 20 March 2020 . Coronavírus: Super Bock e Destilaria Levira convertem álcool de cerveja em gel desinfectante . 12 September 2023 . . pt-PT.
  5. News: Dennis . Romero . 12 September 2023 . A river of surplus wine roared through the streets of a small town in Portugal . 12 September 2023 . . en.
  6. Web site: 11 September 2023 . Wine flows through streets of Portuguese village after accident at distillery . 12 September 2023 . . en.
  7. Web site: Town in Portugal flooded by red wine after distillery's tanks burst: Reports . 12 September 2023 . . Anthony . Robledo . 11 September 2023 . en-US.
  8. News: Moses . Claire . 12 September 2023 . A 'River' of Wine Flooded the Streets of a Town in Portugal . en-US . . 12 September 2023 . 0362-4331.
  9. Web site: Squires . Nick . 11 September 2023 . Watch: Two million litres of red wine flood the streets of a village . The Daily Telegraph.
  10. Web site: Road turns into river of red wine . 12 September 2023 . . 11 September 2023 . en.
  11. Web site: Kika . Thomas . 11 September 2023 . Video of red wine flooding town viewed 4 million times . 12 September 2023 . . en.
  12. News: 11 September 2023 . OPEN BAR: Tanks burst, 2.2 million-litre wine river created in village . . 19 October 2023 .
  13. Web site: Watch 600,000 gallons of red wine flows through streets of Portuguese town, netizens stunned . 12 September 2023 . . 12 September 2023 . en-us.

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