184 year-old champagne opened and drunk!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7954876.stm
They also cracked open vintages from 1846, 1848 and 1874. Helluva party, and I'll bet not one drop ended up on the carpet
I'm usually a "s*d the glasses, just bring me a straw" kinda guy when ordering wine, and seldom spend more than a fiver on a bottle of red unless it's a special occasion. But it's good to see super-old wine actually getting drunk rather than just being traded as an investment. And if I was there I would definitely have tried them all!
The oldest wine I remember drinking was I think a 15-year-old Chateauneuf du Pape, which isn't very old at all in the world of wine. But it was very nice, definitely far better than any of the £15 supermarket vintages I've had. Although a wine-snob friend assures me that simply having known the taste of C-d-P means I'm a pleb.
What's the oldest wine you drank, and did you enjoy the experience? How was the wine?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7954876.stm
They also cracked open vintages from 1846, 1848 and 1874. Helluva party, and I'll bet not one drop ended up on the carpet
I'm usually a "s*d the glasses, just bring me a straw" kinda guy when ordering wine, and seldom spend more than a fiver on a bottle of red unless it's a special occasion. But it's good to see super-old wine actually getting drunk rather than just being traded as an investment. And if I was there I would definitely have tried them all!
The oldest wine I remember drinking was I think a 15-year-old Chateauneuf du Pape, which isn't very old at all in the world of wine. But it was very nice, definitely far better than any of the £15 supermarket vintages I've had. Although a wine-snob friend assures me that simply having known the taste of C-d-P means I'm a pleb.
What's the oldest wine you drank, and did you enjoy the experience? How was the wine?
