Baltictech divers find 175-year-old bottles of champagne on shipwreck off Swedish coast
If you don’t put in the effort, you get nothing. A team of Polish divers has discovered the wreckage of a 19th century sailing ship containing hundreds of unopened champagne bottles that may be among the oldest in the world. Divers from Baltic Tech, a private organization that searches shipwrecks on the floor of the […]
Champagne Sales Drop 15%, Industry Blames World Malaise
Champagne sales have fallen this year, with French industry executives believing the world is in a slump with less to celebrate. “LVMH has a champagne problem” Reports Business Insider. “Chief Financial Officer Jean-Jacques Guiony thinks that could be because people are celebrating by opening bottles less.” In the first two quarters of 2024, sparkling wine […]
1800s Shipwreck Laden With Champagne Found
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Is that 19th century champagne lying at the bottom of the Baltic Sea still worth toasting with? A team of Polish divers discovered the remains of an old sailing ship “fully loaded” with luxury goods, including porcelain and about 100 bottles of champagne and mineral water, at a depth of about […]
Corker of a find: Shipwreck in Baltic brims with crates of champagne | Sweden
Divers have discovered a 19th century shipwreck loaded with champagne off the coast of Sweden. The group, from Poland, were diving last week in the Baltic Sea, 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of the island of Öland, when they accidentally spotted what they thought was a merchant ship. The brackish waters of the Baltic […]