<p>This undated image made available by French Champagne House Veuve Clicquot shows a current bottle of champagne beside one of the 168 bottles of champagne salvaged from a 200-year-old shipwreck in the waters off Aland Islands, between Sweden and Finland, which was opened at a sampling in Mariehamn, Finland on Wednesday Nov. 17, 2010. Veuve Clicquot confirmed that experts analyzing the branding of the corks "were able to identify with absolute certainty" tha…
November 18, 2010
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November 18, 2010 8 p.m.
After 200 years, this champagne still tasty
Bottles found on salvaged shipwreck
MARIEHAMN, Finland (AP) - Here's what nearly 200-year-old champagne salvaged from the bottom of the sea tasted like to wine experts: lime blossoms, coffee, chanterelles.