"World's oldest champagne" found on Baltic seabed

http://www.nbc-2.com/Global/story.asp?S=12832465 ^ | July 19, 2010

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A group of Finnish and Swedish divers made a rare find on the Baltic seabed. If verified, the discovery could be the world's oldest drinkable champagne.

Divers exploring a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea found 30 bottles of the champagne, believed to date back to the 18th-century.

One of the bottles of Veuve-Cliquot has been shipped to France for analysis by champagne experts.

Dark, cold conditions on the seabed are believed to have kept the champagne in excellent condition.

Experts say one bottle may be worth nearly $65,000.

If confirmed, the bottles would beat the previous title of the world's oldest champagne, held by two Perrier-Jouet bottles from 1825.

[digger48]

"Bring us some fresh wine! The freshest you've got - this year! No more of this old stuff."

[BreezyDog]

I love Veuve-Cliquot! I’d kill for a taste of the perfectly preserved 200 year old Champagne.

[garjog]

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[Amberdawn]

Is that Disneyworld? If so, THAT is the coolest ride in the place!

[GeronL]

bump

[Jack Hammer]

Now all they need is some eighteenth century crackers and cheese, and they’ll be in hog heaven.

[DTA]

1783 was a very good year...

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[whence911]

Pirates of the Somalibean

[GeronL]

I don’t drink but I’d take a sip (if its decided not to be toxic or something) just to say I did. Then again, its probably over a thousand dollars a glass.

[SunkenCiv]

The weird part about this find is, there was a chamber in the hold of the ship that had the entrance bricked up, and there was a skeleton chained to the wall.

[GeronL]

whoa

[GeronL]

whoa.... to Davey Jones’ locker with the lot of them! :)