Last week divers found still drinkable bottles of champagne in a ship wreck in the Baltic Sea. This champagne was made in the late 18th century, most likely between 1772 and 1785, and had been on its way to St. Petersburg.

It is incredible and in a way exciting that champagne is found that was bottled in the time when Marie Antionette lived in Versailles, and which is still drinkable and supposedly tastes very well!. Just think about it that you can, for about 50.000 euros, drink the same champagne as she did back then

For the full story see http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/divers-find-oldest-champagne-in-baltic-wreck-2029007.html

updated by @duchesse-de-montausier: 06 Oct 2016 06:03:47AM

Who would have thought those bottles could have survived like that!Thanks for sharing this Michelle, it's very interesting


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Far enough down, the cold water conditions are very good for storing certain things. A bottle like this kept on the surface of the Earth would most probably be dishwater by now. Yes, I've heard that this find tastes very good! Nice coverage on NPR, BBC, and CBC, and there are probably more outlets covering it I missed.

I'm slightly shocked the first thing they thought to do was open it up and have a sip! I dread to think what would have happened if they found a two hundred year old cake!

Hehe. It is a shocker. The diver who found the items recovered a small number (maybe two?) bottles, and there was a bit of testing after the opening of the first to determine whether or not tasting it would be advisable. There's probably old canned food in the Artic from expeditions there near the beginning of canning as a modern practice, but I wouldn't eat it ... that stuff'll kill ya.

There's more down there ... of course, now it'll be 50K Euro a bottle or some such.

Let me check my piggy bank.Crap..