170-year old champagne tasted by researchers – found to be ‘super sweet and metallic’.
Previous archaeological works have yielded more than hundred years old beer and pretzels. Well, this time around we move from 'pedestrian' to 'classy' with the analysis of 170-year old champagne from the Föglö shipwreck. Originally found at the bottom of the Baltic Sea in 2010, the assessment of the 'vintage' liquor (in 168 bottles) entailed…