{"id":15344,"date":"2024-08-03T18:07:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T12:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/?p=15344"},"modified":"2024-08-03T18:38:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T13:08:08","slug":"item_3_953","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/item_3_953\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish divers discover 170-year old shipwreck in Swedish Waters containing Champagne"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15344\" class=\"elementor elementor-15344\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4720b6a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4720b6a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53f09f7\" data-id=\"53f09f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70aab53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70aab53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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It was stocked with goods for <strong>Tsar Alexander II<\/strong>. In all likelihood the champagne has been produced by Louis Roederer founded in Reims in 1776 and started making sweeter Champagne for the Russian tsars a decade later. It could be the well-known Cuvee known as Cristal that was produced then exclusively for the tsars.<\/p>\n<p>The wreck rests 20 nautical miles south of the Swedish isle of \u00d6land- outside Polish territorial waters. So the discovery comes under Swedish jurisdiction, according to Forbes which reports the shipment could have been produced between 1850 and 1867. According to the team leader Tomasz Stachura, Russian Tsar Nicholas I had reportedly lost a ship in this area around 1852. Renderer\u2019s trade with the Russian Tsar&#8217;s court started to flourish during the reign of Alexander II, after the Paris Peace Treaty of 1856.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_6_841.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Tuscan Tasting: Arrighi experiments with Wine from Grapes under Sea<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is not the first time that Champagne has been discovered in shipwrecks in Europe. In 2010, divers found a sailing boat wreck in the Baltic Sea with a stash of 168 bottles of 170-year-old champagne. 64 well-preserved bottles of Veuve Clicquot (VCP), Juglar, and Heidsieck Monopole Champagnes from 1831 and 1840 fetched around \u20ac110,000 at an auction.<\/p>\n<p>Sweden, has also been informed. For now, it remains uncertain when or if the liquid treasure on the seabed will be recovered. PG<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_5_759.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Drappier to Release the Submarine Champagne <\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tomasz Stachura, <\/strong>leader of the expedition is one of the most active wreck divers in the Baltic Sea. He specializes in low depth underwater wreck photography and has taken thousands of underwater pictures of Baltic wrecks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subhash Arora<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted: Saturday, 03 August 2024 18:18 Polish divers discover 170-year old shipwreck in Swedish Waters containing Champagne 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