A few nights ago I saw where Christie’s Auction House in London, sold a parcel of 1907-vintage champagne, which had been recovered form a shipwreck at the bottom of the Baltic Sea (the ship had been sunk by a german submarine in WWI). According to all the wine critics, the champagne was superb, and solf for several hundred pounds a bottle.
This got me to thinking-a few years ago, a bottle of port (which had belonged to Thomas Jefferson) was auctioned off-of course the buyer had no intention of drinking it. Which leads to the big question-how old can wine get and still be drinkable? Does it continue to improve with age (like scotch whiskey?).
There is a gourmet restaurant near where I used to live, that has a cabinet full of old cognacs and armagnacs. They have a bottle of 1893 Armagnac-for $75.00/shot-is it woth the price?
Ancient wine isn’t really drinkable if it is more than a few hundred years old. I saw some Discovery channel show where some archeologists were excavating the ocean floor where Alexandria (Egypt) had fallen and they found several casks of sealed wine. The wine was actually in a waterproof airtight container since Alexandria fell into the ocean. Anyway, when they opened it thinking that they had a good find that they could legally drink without being considered criminals (some laws prevented them from taking more quantifiable things like the actual pottery and gold, etc) they were disappointed to discover that it had turned to vinegar. I am not sure if ancient spirits such as the equivalent of vodka etc would still hold their potency that long though.
HUGS!
Sqrl
At the time it might be, but afterward, when your vehicle is crying for gas, and you’re vaguely dissatisfied, it won’t be.
Jaques Cousteau salvaged several urns of wine from a Greek Wine ship that had crashed in the Adrian. It was 400 year old wine, and he said it was quite good.
Any wine with turn to vinegar if not sealed correctly.
Depends on the type of wine, and a lot of other factors. If you’ve got a really old bottle you’re afraid to taste, send it to me and I’ll be happy to report back to you… 
Jesus, this is what happens when I post without caffeine? ** Adriatic Sea **. I’m a freak.
A problem with submerged liquor is sea water, under high pressure, forcing its way past the cork. Yuck! It would taste like cooking wine!