Actually the title of the piece is quite misleading. In reality, they found earthenware jars in Georgia with residual wine compounds. When I first saw the headline, I thought they actually had found some wine.
Georgia made 'world's oldest wine'
I've had Georgian wine in the past and it was quite good. The oldest wine I've tasted was 40 years old, French and, to be honest, it wasn't up to much. Its colour had paled somewhat and I had to leave it standing upright for two days (to allow the inevitable crystals to settle) and taste-wise, the flavour was nothing to write home about. Certainly not worth the money I paid for it. But at least it wasn't corked!
Imagine the state of the contents if the jars had really been full of 8000 year old wine. Yuch!
Georgia made 'world's oldest wine'
I've had Georgian wine in the past and it was quite good. The oldest wine I've tasted was 40 years old, French and, to be honest, it wasn't up to much. Its colour had paled somewhat and I had to leave it standing upright for two days (to allow the inevitable crystals to settle) and taste-wise, the flavour was nothing to write home about. Certainly not worth the money I paid for it. But at least it wasn't corked!
Imagine the state of the contents if the jars had really been full of 8000 year old wine. Yuch!
