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2010-07-20 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Baltic divers find what they claim is world's oldest champagne

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Posted by Fred 2010-07-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 I'm not, if it was remotely drinkable. Champagne dies young. By the time it's ten years old it's undrinkable.

Does it matter if the bottle was stored upside down at the bottom of the Baltic? That way the cork stays wet, you see.

Posted by gorb 2010-07-20 01:43|| 2010-07-20 01:43|| Front Page Top

#2 How deep was the wreck? Temperature and light exposure impact the rate at which volatile flavour chemicals break down, which is a major factor in the change in drinkability; I assume pressure also has an impact. Serious oenophiles may conclude they ought to move their wine collections to deep ocean locations, once aged to perfection.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-07-20 07:35|| 2010-07-20 07:35|| Front Page Top

#3 I read about a similar discovery in 2000 while doing a project for an arhcaeology class. The divers brought up seveal hundred bottles of very old champaign (18th century I think) and got rich. They made it available at a tasting contest, and also sold it for thousands of $ per bottle. They had to attach heavy duty wire cages to the tops of the bottles to keep the corks from blowing out due to the pressure changes when they brought the bottles up.

Posted by Keenster 2010-07-20 08:47|| 2010-07-20 08:47|| Front Page Top

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