Still Waters Posted April 20, 2015 #1 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Scientists say that 170-year old champagne found on a shipwreck at the bottom of the Baltic Sea actually tasted pretty good. The French bubbly is believed to be the oldest wine ever tasted, and although it was super-sweet, it also exhibited aromas of leather, tobacco and smoke. French researchers are publishing their chemical analysis of the champagne today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, five years after 168 intact bottles were discovered by scuba divers off the Finnish coastline in 2010. http://news.discover...good-150420.htm 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Cooper Merrin Posted April 20, 2015 #2 Share Posted April 20, 2015 It was a brave man that popped the cork and glugged that down! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalmoxis Posted April 21, 2015 #3 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I'm not much of a champagne aficionado but I can appreciate the rarity of the occasion to taste the bubbly of 2 centuries past. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblykiss Posted April 21, 2015 #4 Share Posted April 21, 2015 High Fluting scientists always drinking their bubbly from 1845 and lording over me with math and science and their degrees from actual colleges not The Steve Jones Skool of Practical Englesh fully accredited by The Bob Ryan Instatuden for Accrediting The Steve Jones Skool of Practical Englesh. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
She-ra Posted April 21, 2015 #5 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Oh I guess this is better than tasting the 170 year-old beer that tasted like goat Cool stuff Still Waters. Thanks! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted April 21, 2015 #6 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I bet it was better then the mass produced crap they give us these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximusnow Posted April 21, 2015 #7 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I wonder how they mashed the grapes back in those days, wait I remember....nasty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedemon Posted April 21, 2015 #8 Share Posted April 21, 2015 (edited) They should analyze it and find out the exact ingredients. Maybe they could learn something that they didn't know, or debunk a few theories pertaining to how some wines were made back then. Then make the wine and distribute it. Edited April 21, 2015 by xxxdemonxxx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astralwitch Posted April 22, 2015 #9 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Oh wow, thats pretty neat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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