Caught on camera: The moment 6,810 bottles of wine crashed to the floor when store's shelves collapsed

At Superior Discount Liquors in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, that disastrous scenario really did happen.A 78ft long shelving unit suddenly becoming detached from its anchoring wall. It's a wine lover's nightmare - thousands of bottles of the world's finest grape juice crash on the floor, leading to a tsunami of undrinkable vino.

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Down they come: The shelf that stretches the length of the wall to the left hits the deck and the wine starts flowly freely

Standing four shelves high, a total of 6,810 bottles of wine and champagne smashed on the floor 

Managers at the store are stumped as to why or how it happened, b did admit the shelves are 31 years old The liquor turned into a sea of red and broken glass. 

Gushing: The wine and champagne starts to fill the floor in a tsunami of alcohol

'It just kept rolling away from the wall from front to back, and I was in disbelief. I didn't know what to do or say. The whole thing only took 10 seconds,' employee Peter Guske told a local ABC station Or could it be the work of an anti-alcohol spirit bitterly intent on giving the imbibers of Sheboygan (population: nearly 48,000) a hard time Watch as a stunned store worker near the tumbling shelves breaks the land speed record as he scrambles to safety.

Slam drunk: The liquor store in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, is turned into a sea of shattered glass, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon

They didn't even have to close the store After the initial shock, store workers kept their cool and cleaned the blood-red mess up as quickly as possible with snow shovels, shop vacuums and floor scrubbers The woeful wine incident was captured by two surveillance cameras in the store, in black and white and colour The video was uploaded on Youtube on October 10 and has already had nearly 266,000 views Teetotalers of the world unite! 

 

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