Old bottles of champagne found in shipwreck

A number of champagne bottles have been found at the bottom of the ocean, believed to have been made prior to the French Revolution by Clicquot between 1782 and 1788.

Antique appraisals have revealed that each of the 30 short-necks would go for approximately 500,000 Swedish kronor (£44,457) if put up for auction.

They were found in the Baltic sea, off the coast of Aaland near Finland, by diver Christian Ekstrom who was exploring a shipwreck at the time.

Speaking to Reuters of his discovery, he said: "It was fantastic. It had a very sweet taste, you could taste oak and it had a very strong tobacco smell. And there were very small bubbles."

The bottles have now been sent to France to be analysed but it is up to local authorities as to what happens to the tipple and the shipwreck.

This comes after the Sun reported that a melon thought to be the sweetest in the world went under the hammer for £38,000 at an annual melon festival.

Posted by Lisa Marriott