Divers to bring world's oldest champagne to surface off Finnish coast - Polidicks

I bet sea water got into the bottle.

I would love a sip of that, even if it tastes like shit, just because of how old and expensive it is.

I'm a little confused. I would think that osmosis would take into effect and sea-water would get into the bottles through the cork.

[QUOTE=I Has a Crayon;24497675]actually they both start to taste better with age. they both contain grape skins and sugar, which turns into alcohol. The longer they age, the better they taste. All champagne is, is sparkling white wine. It's only called champagne if it's from France. [/QUOTE] Nope, its not about turning into alcohol. And only wine gets "better" in the bottle. Rum, whiskey ect only age in barrels. Also when time passes some oxygen may get trough the cork and make the alcohol turn into acetic acid which tastes like shit.

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;24496434]I'm not sure what's funnier, the fact that a bottle of champagne can be worth 4.7 million dollars, or the fact that somebody will actually spend 4.7 million dollars on a 800 ml bottle of champagne that's really not going to be that much better than any storebought bottle of champagne. You could feed the world on all the money spent on stupid bullshit. Hope it ends up in a museum or something, rather than a private collection, or worse yet getting opened.[/QUOTE] Uh, "store bought" champagne implies "Tesco Value champagne". If you want good champagne, you're not going to get it in a "store", you'd have to get to the Champagne region of France and find one of the good champagne producers there. That being said, I don't really see the point in purchasing super old champagne for obscene amounts of cash; it's just a status symbol.

gog Damn I want some of that. Where are they keeping them? :smug:

[QUOTE=Master117;24508536]I'm a little confused. I would think that osmosis would take into effect and sea-water would get into the bottles through the cork.[/QUOTE] That's a really good point, I guess we'll have to wait for a taste test to tell.

[QUOTE=Master117;24508536]I'm a little confused. I would think that osmosis would take into effect and sea-water would get into the bottles through the cork.[/QUOTE] If the solute concentration of the sea water is higher than that of the cork, then the sea water has a more highly negative water potential that the cork so there would be a net movement of water molecules out of the cork.

68,000 swedish crowns is only about 9311.7840 US dollars.

3 goldmember's posts, 3 informative posts.

[QUOTE=Splurgy_A;24513307]Uh, "store bought" champagne implies "Tesco Value champagne". If you want good champagne, you're not going to get it in a "store", you'd have to get to the Champagne region of France and find one of the good champagne producers there. That being said, I don't really see the point in purchasing super old champagne for obscene amounts of cash; it's just a status symbol.[/QUOTE] There's this thing called the Internet, and these devices called planes and trucks that bring things to you. You don't have to go to champaign to get proper champaign. [url]http://www.klwines.com/content.asp?N=4294967275&Ne=38&Nr=OR%28OutofStock%3AN%2CInventory+Location%3ASpecial+Order%29&Ns=QtySoldLast30%7C1[/url] In fact, even before the Internet, there were these places called retail outlets and importers, that bring products from far away to you. (!) Amazing, the world we live in.

[QUOTE=Splurgy_A;24513307]Uh, "store bought" champagne implies "Tesco Value champagne". If you want good champagne, you're not going to get it in a "store", you'd have to get to the Champagne region of France and find one of the good champagne producers there. That being said, I don't really see the point in purchasing super old champagne for obscene amounts of cash; it's just a status symbol.[/QUOTE] all products within the EU called champagne come from the champagne region of france due to protected geographical status ([url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_Geographical_Status[/url]) it is against the law within the EU to produce any wine, even using the same method as champagne and call it champagne unless it has come from the region of champagne. [editline]03:47PM[/editline] many countries outside the EU also have some kind of agreement of protection status on the naming rights to champagne

[QUOTE=Sparkwire;24515098]68,000 swedish crowns is only about 9311.7840 US dollars.[/QUOTE] cost at least half a million Swedish crowns [B][$68,000] per bottle. [/B]cost at least half a million Swedish crowns [B][$68,000] per bottle. [/B]cost at least half a million Swedish crowns [B][$68,000] per bottle.[/B]

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;24496434]I'm not sure what's funnier, the fact that a bottle of champagne can be worth 4.7 million dollars, or the fact that somebody will actually spend 4.7 million dollars on a 800 ml bottle of champagne that's really not going to be that much better than any storebought bottle of champagne. You could feed the world on all the money spent on stupid bullshit. Hope it ends up in a museum or something, rather than a private collection, or worse yet getting opened.[/QUOTE] You probably don't know very much about champagne; different kinds have different tastes.