Breaking News: Champagne Said To Be Oldest Ever Discovered

Unveiling the World's Oldest Champagne from a Finnish Shipwreck

We're all used to hearing of ancient relics discovered in attics, priceless vase's that look dull and uninteresting fetching thousands, and paintings that defy the odds and go on to sell for millions, but when was the last time champagne made the headline news for similarly prestigious reasons?

The Preservation Process: How Champagne Survives Underwater

All that changed in a matter of hours recently, though, when it was revealed that a diving team had come across as many as 100 or more bottles of long-forgotten champagne while investigating a ship-wreck off the coast of the Aland Islands, Finland.

Historical Context: Champagne During the Reign of Louis XVI

The champagne – an early Veuve Clicquot, believed to date back to the period of time when Louis XVI ruled, providing the experts' analysis is correct – is now set to go down in the history books forever, knocking an 1825 bottle of Perrier-Jouet off its top-spot as the world's oldest drinkable champagne.