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To: JRandomFreeper
I still remember watching a Jacques Cousteau episode when I was a little kid . . . they found an "intact" amphora of wine while diving on some Greek or Roman wreck. Darnit if they didn't crack that sucker and take turns pouring it down their throats. They didn't even wait to strip out of their wetsuits. I still chuckle thinking about it.

2000-year-old vinegar, probably mixed with saltwater. And they pounded it just to say they did.

11 posted on 07/24/2010 5:46:30 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

God that must have tasted horrible. Back in those days they sealed the amphoras with pitch and it likely gave the wine a strong sulfuric smell and taste. I wouldn’t be surprised however if it was still wine though seeing as the bacteria needed to convert the wine into vinegar would have a harder time surviving at those depths.


35 posted on 07/24/2010 6:27:49 PM PDT by aft_lizard (Barack Obama is Hugo Chavez's poodle.)
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To: 1rudeboy
And they pounded it just to say they did.

Feh, they're French.

59 posted on 07/24/2010 8:37:42 PM PDT by Last Dakotan
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