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06 March 2018

The Worlds Oldest Wines

The bottle was discovered during an excavation of a 4th century roman tomb, the wine was for the roman’s journey into the afterlife – we’re sure he’s having a brilliant time! We’re not sure that it would be so nice now – it’s reportedly lost its ethanol content so it’s not going to get you very merry– it’s been preserved with olive oil and soaked with wax.

Finnish divers recently discovered several crates of champagne and beer from a sunken ship that had been in a wreck on the bottom of the Baltic sea for over 2 centuries. It was found south of Aaland, a Finland-controlled archipelago of around 6,500 small islands in the Baltic Sea. The sunken boat was home to 168 bottles of champagne, and when the divers went to take sip – found that it wasn’t even sea-watery – it had retained that freshness and was drinkable. In fact – bottles at the bottom of the sea are kept in the best conditions than even the finest wine cellars.

We’ve all heard that fine wine gets better with age, right? Well how old can you get before the fine-ness runs dry? After reading this, you may just look into drinking some ‘organic wine’ instead.

Oldest bottle of wine in existence.

The Speyer Wine Bottle is a sealed vase which contains liquid wine. IT was unearthed from a Roman tomb found close to Speyer in Germany. This is believed to be the oldest bottle of wine in existence.

The Speyer Wine Bottle was originally found in 1867, in what is now known as the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany. It is on display in the historical museum of Palatinate in Speyer and is always displayed in the same place.

The bottle was discovered during an excavation of a 4th century roman tomb, the wine was for the roman’s journey into the afterlife – we’re sure he’s having a brilliant time! We’re not sure that it would be so nice now – it’s reportedly lost its ethanol content so it’s not going to get you very merry– it’s been preserved with olive oil and soaked with wax.

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The Oldest Drinkable Bottle Stored

Thought to be the Rüdesheimer Apostelwein, this is in a specially designed cellar of the Town Hall known as rathskeller in Bremen. This wine cellar has 12 casks which are named for each of the twelve apostles. The most famous of these is the Judas cask, which houses the aforementioned Rudesheimer Apostelwein. This incredibly rare and aged vintage is from 1727 has never been sold but is occasionally given as gifts to high-ranking officials and royalty who may have visited the town. This is an incredible honour.

Oldest Drinkable Wine Discovered

Finnish divers recently discovered several crates of champagne and beer from a sunken ship that had been in a wreck on the bottom of the Baltic sea for over 2 centuries. It was found south of Aaland, a Finland-controlled archipelago of around 6,500 small islands in the Baltic Sea. The sunken boat was home to 168 bottles of champagne, and when the divers went to take sip – found that it wasn’t even sea-watery – it had retained that freshness and was drinkable. In fact – bottles at the bottom of the sea are kept in the best conditions than even the finest wine cellars.

The Most Expensive Bottle of White

This illustrious title is held by a bottle of Chateau d'Yquem 1787 which was bought for $100,000 by an anonymous American collector in 2006. You know you’re doing alright when you spend a lot more than what most people earn in a year on a single bottle of vino.

Rather than shelling out this amount of money, why not enjoy an equally delicious, yet more affordable organic wine.