{"id":171898,"date":"2023-01-16T15:06:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T14:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tapasmagazine.es\/?p=171898"},"modified":"2023-01-17T10:37:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T09:37:06","slug":"is-it-possible-to-drink-a-1-700-year-old-wine-this-is-what-the-experts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tapasmagazine.es\/en\/is-it-possible-to-drink-a-1-700-year-old-wine-this-is-what-the-experts-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it possible to drink a 1,700 year old wine? This is what the experts say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Click here<\/a> to read the Spanish version.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The older a wine is, the better it tastes. Or, at least, that’s what has always been said\u2026 but it has also always been said that there are exceptions that break the rules: contemporary historians have been debating for years whether or not one should open (and thus taste) what is considered the oldest bottle in the world<\/strong>, which can boast of being about 1,700 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are talking about the “Speyer wine”, in turn referred to as “Roman wine”, which has been guarded for about 100 years by the Palatinate Historical Museum of the city from which it takes its name, located in Germany. The gallery dates the bottle around 325 AD and, according to experts, can still be drunk<\/strong>: apparently, the glass has been kept sealed by a solidified stain of olive oil and wax (and not with a cork) at the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, and having exposed all of the above, the bottle looks odd to say the least. And although it still seems to contain some sips inside, most of its contents appear to be solid. That’s why its taste, contrary to what we have constantly heard, is surely somewhat unique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The world\u2019s oldest unopened bottle of wine.\ud83c\udf77
Dated to AD 325, the so-called Speyer wine bottle is a sealed vessel, presumed to contain liquid wine. It was found in 1867 when archaeologists discovered a Roman tomb near Speyer. The bottle has handles shaped like dolphins. #Vinalia<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/SRI7ZR6q8G<\/a><\/p>— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) April 23, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>