12/13/2011

World's oldest bottle of Wine


A 1650 years old wine bottle sealed with wax and containing white liquid was discovered in 1867 and analysis by the Kaiser’s chemists during the First World War. It was buried with a Roman noble near German city of Speyer in 350 AD and  has been on display at the Pfalz Historical Musuem for more than a century.
German historians are fascinated to anticipate what could have become of the liquid now. The museum’s wine department curator Ludger Tekampe said: ‘We are not sure whether or not it could stand the shock to the air. It is still liquid.’
Wine professor Monika Christmann added: ‘Micro-biologically it is probably not spoiled, but it would not bring joy to the palate.'
Let's see where the contention of historians lies to analyse this oldest wine bottle!

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