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  1. Crawler

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    #1 Crawler, Jul 17, 2010
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    HELSINKI (AFP) – 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.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100717/lf_afp/finlandarchaeologywine
     
  2. Jimbo49

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    #2 Jimbo49, Jul 18, 2010
    Haha, that's pretty cool!
     
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    #3 350HPMondial, Jul 18, 2010
    I like.
    (PAPPy post.)
     
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    #4 thecarreaper, Jul 18, 2010
    cool. love reading about stuff like this.
     
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    #5 TheMayor, Jul 18, 2010
    Did they find some 230 year old Caviar to go with it? :)
     

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