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Veuve Clicquot champagne found in Baltic shipwreck

Veuve Clicquot, the champagne maker, says at least three bottles of its brand were found in a two-centuries old shipwreck in the Baltic Sea.



A close up of a glass of the 200-year-old champagne Photo: AFP/GETTY IMAGES/AP



A diver checks the bottles and secures the cork so it will not open from the pressure of the cold and deep water in July 2010 Photo: AFP/GETTY IMAGES



One of the 168 salvaged bottles of champagne was opened at a sampling in Mariehamn, Finland Photo: AFP/GETTY IMAGES



Experts checking branding of the corks "were able to identify with absolute certainty" that three of the bottles were Veuve Clicquot Photo: CHRISTOPHER COX

10:09AM GMT 17 Nov 2010

The divers who found the sunken vessel in July said the Champagne is thought to be the world's oldest drinkable bubbly. They were not able to determine the brand at the time.

But Veuve Clicquot said Wednesday that experts checking branding of the corks "were able to identify with absolute certainty" that three of the bottles were Veuve Clicquot.

It says other bottles examined were attributed to the now defunct champagne house Juglar. The shipwreck was discovered near the Aland Islands, between Sweden Finland.

More than a dozen samplers were to taste the Champagne on Wednesday.