Wine storage (with a difference !)

[Shane]

BRILLIANT ideas sometimes arise out of pure necessity.

Consider Piero Lugano, 63, the suntanned artist-turned-wine-merchant who opened a shop called Bisson in this town on the Italian Riviera in 1978.

But he immediately encountered a problem: there was simply no space in his already cramped shop and winery to carry out the aging required to make a bottle-fermented sparkling wine in the classic method of Champagne. Then, as he recalled recently, “a light bulb went on in my head: I thought, why not put the wine under the sea?”

“It’s better than even the best underground cellar, especially for sparkling wine. The temperature is perfect, there’s no light, the water prevents even the slightest bit of air from getting in, and the constant counterpressure keeps the bubbles bubbly. Moreover, the underwater currents act like a crib, gently rocking the bottles and keeping the lees moving through the wine.” (The lees refer to yeast particles.)

Some pics, a video & the rest of this unusual wine storage story here..http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/24/di...wine.html?_r=1

[vihalvor]

heeeheeehee.--- brilliant !!!

[Shane]

I think we should go fishing.....you never know what you might hook up !!

[GaryD]

Hi Shane,

Give the choice between fish and champagne, I'll take the fish every time.

Gary

[tulip]

Its shiny sharing..

Well that is really an excellent idea. Beside all this fun but I will never recommend you about the wine. As you also know that it is a big enemy of your health and ruined you..

[Shane]

Beside all this fun but I will never recommend you about the wine. As you also know that it is a big enemy of your health and ruined you..

LOL....Wine hasn't ruined me !....I don't drink it.

I'm strictly a Beer & Bourbon man.