Champagne found on marine bottom after 200 years

This bottle of champagne, the world's oldest, has been at the bottom of the Baltic ocean for almost 200 years but it still tastes pretty good.

The verdict was delivered at a ceremony in Finland's Aaland Islands and while the flash bulbs popped -- the Champagne corks didn't, because the fizz has gone out of the bottles.

The champagne though has managed to keep its sparkle, proving that bottles kept at the bottom of the sea are better kept than in the finest wine cellars.

One hundred and sixty eight bottles were discovered by divers last July in the wreck of a Scandinavian schooner between Sweden and Finland.

The exact age of the bubbly isn't yet known.

The vintage is thought to be from the early 19th century.

Some of the bottles will be sold at an auction where they could fetch more than 70-thousand US dollars each.