Open in App
  • Local
  • U.S.
  • Election
  • Politics
  • Crime
  • Sports
  • Lifestyle
  • Education
  • Real Estate
  • Newsletter
  • New York Post

    Bubbly discovery: Divers find 175-year-old bottles of champagne on shipwreck off Swedish coast

    By Katherine Donlevy,

    10 hours ago

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1sfgPL_0uf27DlO00

    No ‘pagne, no gain.

    A team of Polish divers discovered the wreckage of a 19th-century sailing ship with hundreds of still-sealed bottles of champagne that nearly rival the oldest in the world.

    Divers from the private group Baltictech — which searches for shipwrecks on the Baltic seabed — nearly missed out on the trove of bubbly.

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4LoKBu_0uf27DlO00
    A team of Polish divers discovered the wreckage of a 19th-century sailing ship with hundreds of still-sealed bottles of champagne that nearly rival the oldest in the world. AP

    They were returning from another dive July 11 and nearly dismissed what appeared to be a sunken fishing boat 190 feet below the surface off the Swedish coast, they said in a release.

    Two determined divers decided to give the wreck a quick gander, but vanished for almost two hours — leading the team to believe they found “something very interesting on the bottom.”

    Couple in homemade yacht who died and washed ashore in a life raft could have been hit by larger ship, experts suggest

    The wreck was filled “to the brim” with luxury items, including 100 bottles of champagne, porcelain and mineral water, the latter of which was once believed to have medicinal properties and were only available to royals.

    The brand of mineral water, Selters, was imprinted on the stoneware bottles — and shockingly is still in existence today.

    The Champagne brand is still to be determined, but the letter R could be seen on one cork.

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3IvI8w_0uf27DlO00
    Divers from the private group Baltictech — which searches for shipwrecks on the Baltic seabed — nearly missed out on the trove of bubbly. AP

    45-foot ‘Ghost ship’ abandoned during Gulf of Mexico rescue washes up on Florida beach almost 20 days later

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3c0HJu_0uf27DlO00
    The team was returning from another dive July 11 and nearly dismissed what appeared to be a sunken fishing boat 190 feet below the surface off the Swedish coast, they said in a release. AP

    “I have been diving for 40 years, and it often happens that we find a bottle or two in a wreck, but to discover so much cargo, it’s a first for me,” Tomasz Stachura, the team’s leader, told The Associated Press this week.

    They believe the precious goods could have been on the way to the royal table in Stockholm or the Russian tsar’s residence in St. Petersburg when the ship sank sometime in the second half of the 19th century, according to the leader of the team, Stachura said.

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0pjAD3_0uf27DlO00
    Two determined divers decided to give the wreck a quick gander, but vanished for almost two hours — leading the team to believe they found “something very interesting on the bottom.” AP
    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4WWwBd_0uf27DlO00
    The wreck was filled “to the brim” with luxury items, including 100 bottles of champagne, porcelain and mineral water, the latter of which was once believed to have medicinal properties and were only available to royals. AP

    CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR MORNING REPORT NEWSLETTER

    Based on the shape of the stamp on the shipment boxes, historians believe the champagne was produced between 1850 and 1867.

    That would make it just a few years younger than the oldest bottle of champagne, Perrier-Jouet’s 1825 Vintage, in existence.

    Whether the newly discovered champagne is worthy of a toast is yet to be determined, but Stachura is confident the trove is in good condition.

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1jcffW_0uf27DlO00
    Based on the shape of the stamp on the shipment boxes, historians believe the champagne was produced between 1850 and 1867. AP

    “At this depth the wreckage is perfectly preserved, the temperature is constant, there are no currents and it’s dark,” Stachura said.

    “That preserves the wreckage in a wonderful way.”

    For top headlines, breaking news and more, visit nypost.com.

    Expand All
    Comments / 0
    Add a Comment
    YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
    Most Popular newsMost Popular

    Comments / 0