The Oldest Wine In America Was Just Discovered Underneath This New Jersey Museum

If you were looking for an impressively old bottle of wine, chances are you would head to Europe. Yet a surprising discovery now places America on the map of the world's aged wines. A recent restoration project revealed cases of centuries-old wine under the Liberty Hall Museum in Union. Here's more on this truly unexpected discovery:

The Liberty Hall Museum is located in Union and was the former home of New Jersey Governor William Livingston.

In an effort to restore its wine cellar, the museum made an incredible discovery: nearly three cases of wine dating back to the 1700s.

These bottles had been shipped to the property shortly after the American Revolution.

Madeira, the particular brand discovered, is a fortified wine that was frequently imported by the thirteen colonies from Portugal.

The brand of fortified wine was especially popular because it almost never spoiled. The President of Liberty Hall, John Kean, sampled one of the bottles and agreed that it tasted like a sweet sherry.

Among cases of Madeira dating back to 1796, the museum also unearthed large glass jugs of spirits from the 1800s.

Liberty Hall Museum has always had an impressive collection of wine, but this recent discovery has made its value priceless.

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