A reveller is doused with red wine during the"Batalla del Vino" (Battle of Wine) in Haro, in the wine producing region of La Rioja, on June 29, 2026. Every year thousands of locals and tourists climb a mountain in the northern Spanish wine producing region of La Rioja to celebrate St. Peter's day by covering each other in red wine using water pistols, back mounted spraying devices, buckets which are randomly poured on heads and into any other available container. (Cesar Manso/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)
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A reveller is doused with red wine during the"Batalla del Vino" (Battle of Wine) in Haro, in the wine producing region of La Rioja, on June 29, 2026. Every year thousands of locals and tourists climb a mountain in the northern Spanish wine producing region of La Rioja to celebrate St. Peter's day by covering each other in red wine using water pistols, back mounted spraying devices, buckets which are randomly poured on heads and into any other available container. (Cesar Manso/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)
