The growing popularity of Italy´s bubbly, Prosecco, could be behind the flash floods in the country which killed four people.
Woodland in the Prosecco region was cleared in order to plant new vineyards in response to increasing demand for the drink.
But after a sudden and devastating flood, accusations are flying that the expansion was behind the surge of nature on Saturday night.
Critics believe that the cleared land made the steep slopes of the area yet more unstable and unable to absorb heavy rain.
Others have countered this by saying that the terraces created provide new drainage and make the land less susceptible to landslides and floods.
A wild storm made the Leirza river overflow its banks, creating a torrent of water which demolished a local banquet, sweeping away cars, marquees and people.
Four men were carried away nearly a mile down the river, while eight other people were injured.
An investigation has opened and prosecutors say that charges of manslaughter and culpable environmental damage could be brought.
Some woodland for the new vineyards was, apparently, cleared without authorisation.
Some 8,000 hectares of vines are in the Prosecco area which produces more than 72 million bottles a year.
