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a California river filled with red wine when a tank of Cabernet Sauvignon sprang a leak at a popular winery, Christopher O'Gorman, a spokesman for Rodney Strong Wine Estates in Healdsburg, confirmed the tank in Sonoma County sprang a leak Wednesday and wine poured into the Reiman Creek, which carried it to the nearby Russian River, "We're investigating what appears to be a mechanical failure, we're not entirely sure of that at this point, but were deeply, deeply concerned about this leak and protecting our waterways here in Sonoma County," O'Gorman told KGO-TV, He said a mechanical failure is believed to be responsible for the leak, the California Office of Emergency Services said 97,000 gallons of wine spilled into waterways, but the winery said that number represents the full capacity of the tank and only about 20 to 25 percent spilled, which is good news, and there is more, Don McEnhill, the executive director of the non-profit Russian River Keeper, said volunteers have been monitoring the situation, "We're lucky in that it's winter, the river is high, there's a fair amount of dilution. We haven't had any reports of fish kills, certainly the biochemical oxygen demand and the acidity of the wine is going to kill some smaller insect type things that are fish food. This could have been a lot worse," he said.
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