Associated Press
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Divers have
discovered what is thought to be the world's oldest drinkable champagne,
fishing a bottle of the centuries-old bubbly from a shipwreck in the
Baltic Sea.
Dive instructor Christian Ekstrom says the
champagne, believed to be from the 1780's, "tasted fantastic." Ekstrom
said Saturday he's "98 percent sure" of the champagne's age, having
conferred with experts.
About 30 bottles are believed to remain
in the wreckage. Swedish wine expert Carl-Jan Granqvist says each
bottle could bring as much as euro50,000 if the corks are intact and the
age and authenticity can be proven. Samples have been sent to champagne
laboratories in France for testing.
The bottles were
discovered Tuesday near the Aland islands, in the Baltic Sea between
Finland and Sweden.
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