Divers have found bottles of champagne some 230 years old on the bottom of the Baltic which a wine expert described Saturday as tasting 'fabulous'.
Thought to be premium brand Veuve Clicquot, the 30 bottles discovered perfectly preserved at a depth of 55 metres (180 feet) could have been in a consignment sent by France's King Louis XVI to the Russian Imperial Court.
If confirmed, it would be by far the oldest champagne still drinkable in the world, thanks to the ideal conditions of cold and darkness.
Read the whole story at
Discovery News
Via
No comments:
Post a Comment